Day of the Dead A Passion for Life, Día de los Muertos Pasión por la Vida is a 200 page book filled with never before seen images and text that illustrates their unique characteristics and interpretations of the Day of the Dead celebration in some secluded and untouched indigenous communities of Michoacan. In this book, the author takes the reader deep into their traditions, explicitly documenting the differences and similarities of how these indigenous communities celebrate the lives and memories of their ancestors.
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The P'urhepecha people live in four areas in the State of Michoacan: The Lake Area, the P'urhepecha Plateau, the Canada of the Eleven Towns and the Cienega. In each one of the towns, their inhabitants celebrate with special characteristics and interpretations the happy moment when they receive the souls of their loved ones every November first and second.
Mary J. Andrade has been researching the tradition of Day of the Dead in Mexico for more than 23 years. This project that started in 1987 in Janitzio, Michoacan has taken her to different states of Mexico to gather information and to photograph a traditions that originated during the pre-Hispanic era. In 2003, Day of the Dead in Mexico was declared as a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity," by UNESCO.
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