Mexico City recollects migrants

Mexico City's mayor, José Ramón Amieva, inaugurated the Zócalo's monumental ofrenda, an altar, which will be open to the public until November 4.

This year's ofrenda is a contemporary art piece , which uses the most iconic elements from the Day of the Dead and translates them into a more contemporary design, created by Humberto Spíndola and Gisela Mendoza Jiménez .

Gisela Mendoza

, an anthropologist, designed the 9 paths to the Mictlán , the Aztec's underworld , where the gigantic Catrinas , skulls , travel through.

The Catrinas are characterized by migrants from South America , Jews , Asia , Spain , among others.

The ofrenda , which will be light up at night, resembles a cemetery, and in the center is a monumental altar.

It's been estimated that until November 4, Mexico City will be visited by 4 million visitors, who are looking to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

Mexico City remembers migrants

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