Nov 2 – Oaxaca Day of the Dead – San Felipe del Agua Cemetery Experience

Oaxaca Day of the Dead – San Felipe del Agua Cemetery Experience Oaxaca City · November 2 only · Up to 5 hours · Public small group (min 10, max 19) · Low activity · Deep cultural intensity A contextual Day of the Dead evening combining local history, a shared meal, altar-building, and a dusk visit to San Felipe del Agua’s community pantheon on November 2. During your Day of the Dead experience in San Felipe del Agua, you’ll experience: 🕯️ Understand Day of the Dead before entering the cemetery Begin with an in-depth talk and local perspectives that help explain the history, meaning, and changing practices behind Día de Muertos in Oaxaca. 🌼 Build a shared ofrenda Take part in creating an altar together, with the option to bring a small photo of someone you would personally like to remember and honor. 🥃 Share food, mezcal, and conversation Gather around seasonal foods and drinks while connecting what you are learning to the ways memory, family, and shared meals come together during Día de Muertos. 🪦 Visit San Felipe del Agua on November 2 Enter a smaller community pantheon around dusk as families continue preparing graves and candles begin to illuminate the cemetery, before the largest crowds arrive later in the evening. Choosing between our cemetery nights? The November 2 San Felipe and October 31 Xoxocotlán experiences share the same core talk, meal, altar-building, and respectful cemetery visit. Most guests should choose one rather than book both. San Felipe offers a smaller, more intimate cemetery setting on Día de Muertos itself, while Xoxocotlán has the larger opening-night atmosphere with more public activity surrounding the pantheons.