Oct 31 – Oaxaca Day of the Dead Atzompa Pantheon & Muerteada Experience

Santa María Atzompa & San Jacinto Amilpas, Oaxaca · October 31 only · Approximately 7 hours · Public group (min 8, max 18) · Moderate activity · High cultural intensity Experience two distinct sides of Día de Muertos in one night—from the masks, music, and movement of a traditional muerteada in San Jacinto Amilpas to the candlelit Alumbrada inside the famous panteón of Santa María Atzompa. During your Oaxaca Day of the Dead experience, you’ll: 🎭 Join a traditional muerteada in San Jacinto Amilpas Walk alongside a local community celebration filled with brass music, masked dancers, costumes, movement, and Día de Muertos traditions unfolding in the streets around you. 👺 Experience the masks, dancing, and community traditions See traditional masked dancers and other activities surrounding the San Jacinto celebration, with your local guide providing context for what you are experiencing. 🫔 Share a traditional Día de Muertos dinner Sit down for seasonal Oaxacan foods while your guide provides cultural context for Día de Muertos, the communities you are visiting, and the meaning behind the night ahead. 🕯️ Experience La Alumbrada at the Atzompa Pantheon End the night inside Santa María Atzompa’s cemetery as families gather among flowers, offerings, and thousands of candles to remember loved ones who have died. Public group experience, October 31 only. With a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 18 guests, the evening connects the communal celebration of a muerteada with the quieter remembrance of Atzompa’s candlelit panteón.