In Mexico, the relationship with death is demonstrated in a cluster of traditions, rituals, behaviors, and moods. Death is feared but loved, it is respected but with humor, it coexists with us daily - it does not matter if it is through jokes, prayers, sayings, offerings or literary creations.
Regarding the Day of the Dead , the epicentric date of Mexican coexistence with death, Octavio Paz describes, with the usual purpose that characterizes him, part of the essence of this relationship:
"[...] our popular representations are always a mockery of life, affirmation of the nonsense and insignificance of human existence. We decorate . . .
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