Day Of The Dead

Copan Ruinas, Honduras -  A few days after Halloween everyone went to the cemetery to remember and celebrate loved ones.  What surprised me most was hearing stories of women being murdered.  

This gentleman's daughter and granddaughter were murdered.  For 20 minutes he followed me around like a ghost.

This guy just broke my heart.  His mom was murdered during a robbery.  He no longer lives in Copan but traveled several days early so that he could paint her tomb.

This family was interesting for they were cleaning their relative's graves all the while standing in their own mausoleum.

The cemetery is running out of burial space hence the new mausoleums.  

This gentleman was upgrading his sister's wooden crucifix with a concrete one.

Cemetery entrance.