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Mexico City, Mexico
5 customs and traditions in Mexico City — what they are, and how to take part without causing offence.
Ofrendas with marigolds, sugar skulls and photographs of the dead — a family remembrance, not a Halloween variant.
Masked wrestling as theatre, with técnicos and rudos, at Arena México on Friday nights.
Bands wait to be hired by the song, and have done since the 1920s.
Neighbourhood markets with fondas at the back serving a comida corrida set lunch for very little.
Brightly painted fantastical carved animals, from Oaxaca and from a Mexico City papier-mâché tradition.
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