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Day of the Dead, the way Oaxaca lives it
Marigolds, mezcal, and a graveyard glowing with candles — grief as a celebration.
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Maya Rivera
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The ceremonies and daily habits that make a place feel like itself — not the postcard version, but the lived one.
Marigolds, mezcal, and a graveyard glowing with candles — grief as a celebration.
I traded a hotel for a monastery, woke at five, and learned to sweep gravel slowly.
Where I have been, what I would skip, and the meals worth flying for. No spam, no sponsored noise.