parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol

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The parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol is a historic graveyard in San Andrés Mixquic, Mexico, renowned for its elaborate and deeply traditional Day of the Dead celebrations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cemetery ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
access public ⓘ
adjacentTo Parish church of San Andrés Apóstol (San Andrés Mixquic) ⓘ
associatedWith intangible cultural heritage of Mexico ⓘ
associatedWithChurch Parish of San Andrés Apóstol (San Andrés Mixquic) ⓘ
celebrationDate 1 November ⓘ
2 November ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for Day of the Dead celebrations ⓘ
dedicatedTo Saint Andrew the Apostle ⓘ
linked to: Andrew the Apostle
event Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos) ⓘ
linked to: Día de Muertos
governedBy Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico ⓘ
hasCulturalElement family night-long vigils at graves ⓘ
ofrendas (altars) for the dead ⓘ
traditional music during Day of the Dead ⓘ
use of copal incense during rituals ⓘ
hasFeature above-ground decorated graves ⓘ
floral decorations with cempasúchil (marigold) flowers ⓘ
paths lined with candles during Day of the Dead ⓘ
hasTypeOfBurials Catholic burials ⓘ
heritageStatus recognized as a traditional Day of the Dead site in Mexico City ⓘ
knownFor decoration of graves with marigold flowers ⓘ
elaborate Day of the Dead altars ⓘ
strong preservation of local Mixquic traditions ⓘ
traditional candlelit vigils on Day of the Dead ⓘ
languageOfLocalCommunity Spanish ⓘ
linkedToTradition syncretism of pre-Hispanic and Catholic funerary practices ⓘ
locatedIn San Andrés Mixquic ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Mexico City ⓘ
Tláhuac ⓘ
partOf historic center of San Andrés Mixquic ⓘ
primaryDenominationOfBurials Roman Catholicism ⓘ
primaryReligionOfBurials Christianity ⓘ
region Valley of Mexico ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
timeZone America/Mexico_City ⓘ
tourism attracts international visitors during Day of the Dead ⓘ
attracts national visitors during Day of the Dead ⓘ
usedFor Catholic funerary rites ⓘ
burials ⓘ

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Day of the Dead in San Andrés Mixquic → mainLocation → parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol ⓘ
parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol → associatedWithChurch → Parish of San Andrés Apóstol (San Andrés Mixquic) ⓘ
linked to: parish cemetery of San Andrés Apóstol