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With Day of the Dead less than a week away, Mexico City’s cempasúchil production hits record heights

The Mexican marigold is an essential part of Day of the Dead traditions, as an adornment on altars, or, for those who take the dead's visitations literally, as a path of strewn petals leading the departed to the door. The post With Day of the Dead less than a week away, Mexico City’s cempasúchil production hits record heights appeared first on Mexico News Daily

Mexico City's production of cempasúchil has reached record heights as the Day of the Dead approaches. The Mexican marigold is a vital element of Day of the Dead traditions, used as altar adornments or as paths of petals to lead the departed to doors.

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