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A woman lights a candle during the Night of the Souls at the cemetery in Arocutin, on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. In Arocutin, a small Purepecha community on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro, Michoaco¡n, the dead rest in front of a church built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Its old cemetery, located within the atrium of the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity (Nuestra Seo±ora de la Natividad), preserves a funerary layout that has all but disappeared from other towns in the region. One of its most unique traditions is the construction of an enormous floral arch at the entrance to the church”a task that requires 50 to 60 men to raise into place. Ar - ZUMAo125 20261101_zip_o125_003

A woman lights a candle during the Night of the Souls at the cemetery in Arocutin, on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. In Arocutin, a small Purepecha community on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro, Michoaco¡n, the dead rest in front of a church built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Its old cemetery, located within the atrium of the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity (Nuestra Seo±ora de la Natividad), preserves a funerary layout that has all but disappeared from other towns in the region. One of its most unique traditions is the construction of an enormous floral arch at the entrance to the church”a task that requires 50 to 60 men to raise into place. Ar - ZUMAo125 20261101_zip_o125_003

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November 1, 2026, Arocutin, Michoacan, Mexico: A woman lights a candle during the Night of the Souls at the cemetery in Arocutin, on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro in Michoacan, Mexico. In Arocutin, a small Purepecha community on the shores of Lake Patzcuaro, Michoaco¡n, the dead rest in front of a church built between the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Its old cemetery, located within the atrium of the Church of Our Lady of the Nativity (Nuestra Seo±ora de la Natividad), preserves a funerary layout that has all but disappeared from other towns in the region. One of its most unique traditions is the construction of an enormous floral arch at the entrance to the church”a task that requires 50 to 60 men to raise into place. Ar - ZUMAo125 20261101_zip_o125_003

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