It is designated that on the various days, different souls return for a visit. In some places in Mexico they can stay for as long as a few months. Accidents, suicides, violent deaths, the unbaptized, and lonely souls, pay visits from the 28th- 31st of October. Altars are often set up outside so that they don't wander inside, and hang out, maybe not leave. On the 1st of November, anywhere from noon to three pm, church bells announce the arrival of Los Angelitos, or "little Angles", children who have died. About noon we got to the zocalo. Heading out towards the Panteon General, we passed through the police barricade. On the other side, a group was creating a large tapete right at their feet, with the portrait of Ulises Ruiz and the word 'asesino', murderer. You
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