For the last couple of days we haven't really done a lot of specific things, rather a lot of shopping and wandering around the city. We have bought so many skull things its not funny! On the evening of the 31st the owners of our hotel Francico and Marina gave us a traditional dinner and explained a lot of the meanings behind the Dia Los Muertos Festival. We drank Mezcal (I only had a sip) and ate chicken and mole tamales.
After dinner Francisco took us to the Xoxocitlan cemetary, he gave us flowers to put on the abandoned graves. It was a very weird experience being at the cemetary, it was not as fun as I expected it to be and I felt like I was being very intrusive being there. It was really sad at one point as I passed a grave which had a sand carpet of Winnie the Pooh, it was a childs grave and the family around it was crying.
We then went to the old Xoxocitlan cemetary which had a much better vibe as there was not as many people there it was much more serene. There was the remains of an old church and there was a band playing in it and singing and it was amazing.
Yesterday we went to Santo Domingo De Guzman a church which is over 500 years old and absolutely massive, I think it took us about 3 hours to walk around it. Then I went and got a hot stone massage for $50au!
Last night we went and saw the folkloric ballet of Oaxaca perform the ballet of the dead. There were fireworks going off everwhere and a bush caught on fire next to the church!
I am so sad as this is my last full day in Oaxaca and I have been feeling a bit sick for the last 24 hours. I hope I can pull myself together enough to get through today!
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