Familiar Sight on the Days of the Dead
Most in Mexico are in the midst of celebrating the Days of the Dead. These celebrations are big business. One of the things you see a lot of is orange marigolds, which are used in the offerings for the dead. This was the flower the Aztecs used as well to remember the dead. It’s not uncommon to see many stalks of sugar cane (also offered to the dead) and piles of orange marigolds for sale, or piled onto trucks.
Offerings are made to dead children on the 1st, and dead adults on the second (of November).
