Our first stop was the Dolores Olmedo museum. www.museodoloresolmedo.org.mx The museum had a visiting exhibition of works from France so the theme for the Dia de los muertos was the City of Lights. You could have spent the whole day at the museum. They had stands selling food and crafts. While we were there there was a marionet show and we saw people arriving for a costume competition.
After the museum we visited the house of Indio Fernandez. Emilio Fernandez was a well known Mexican actor, screenwriter and director. The altars in the house were dedicated to people of the acting and screen world.
Dylan had his face painted with a murcielago (a bat).
The final stop was The Museum of Popular Cultures. This proved to be the most challenging part of the tour (we traveled in a convoy of cars) as the musuem is very close to the center of Coyoacan and parking was difficult to find. Here we got to see some of the zinc etchings Jose Guadelupe Posada. The etchings of calaveras were meant to satirize the life of the upper classes during the reign of Porfirio Díaz. Most of his imagery was meant to make a religious or satirical point. Since his death, however, his images have become associated with the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, the "Day of the Dead". There was also a market selling food and crafts related to the day.
Before heading back to the car we had to stop off for some hot Churros.
This is the entrance to a cemetary.
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