![]() ![]() In the case of this new parade, it appears that there can be traditions that are just a year old.Įnglish version by George Mills. The festivities have deep roots among Mexico’s indigenous people and combine pre-Colombian rituals with Catholic traditions introduced by Europeans in the 16th century. The UNESCO-protected indigenous Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico last several days and celebrate the temporary return of dead family members and loved ones. The parade did not exist before the James Bond film Spectre was released. “Legendary,” “epic” and “historic” are just some of the terms being used to describe an event described by locals as a resounding success. “After we saw the movie we said, ‘We have to do a parade next year’,” said Enrique De la Madrid, the city’s tourism secretary. “The Day of the Dead parade will be bigger than the Veracruz Carnival, and within a few years will be at the same level as Rio Carnival – one of the most important in Latin America,” said regional tourism chief Miguel Torruco. Mexico responded by complaining about a lack of specifics in the US warning but did not deny the information it contained. The tourism sector has been hard hit from the violence, while US authorities issued a travel alert in early 2016 after 203 US citizens were killed in Mexico in the years 20. A Sweltering Swede Melts in Mexico as A Supporting Artiste in SPECTRE 3-2-1 ACTION The elevator started to. After the 2015 James Bond flick Spectre set its opening scene in a. The situation is so bad that the country’s army is said to be suffering from burnout. This year, on October 29, Mexico City hosted its first Día de los Muertos parade inspired by none other than Agent 007. More than 100,000 lives have been lost in the country’s decade-long war war on drugs, with chronic violence shortening average life experience in Mexico by up to three years. Participants at Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade on Saturday. The result is a mixture of Halloween, the hit TV show The Walking Dead and Rio’s Carnival, and images of the event are a welcome contrast to all of the bad news coming out of the country. These scenes have now provided the inspiration for Mexico City’s council to organize a carnival for tourists with Spectre as the theme and the country’s ancient traditions as an excuse. In the 2015 movie, Bond, played by Daniel Craig, kills several bad guys and then flies over Mexico City’s main square in a helicopter – leaving behind wardrobes full of Halloween-themed costumes that need to be aired from time to time. ![]() ![]() The result is a mixture of Halloween, the hit TV show ‘The Walking Dead’ and Rio’s Carnival ![]()
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