{"id":509542,"date":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509542\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T14:14:10","slug":"atlantas-largest-dia-de-muertos-returns-to-oakland-cemetery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/509542\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta’s largest Dia de Muertos returns to Oakland Cemetery"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now in its fourth year, Atlanta\u2019s largest D\u00eca de Muertos celebration will return to Oakland Cemetery on Sunday, Nov. 1 from noon to 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

The free event will be presented by the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta, the Institute of Mexican Culture, and the Historic Oakland Foundation.<\/p>\n

Guests will enjoy traditional dancing, music, family-friendly crafts & activities, authentic Mexican food vendors, a Catr\u00edn & Catr\u00ecna costume contest with prizes, entertainment, and more. Oakland\u2019s mausoleums are decorated as ofrendas, community-created displays of altars decorated with flowers, food, and beverages honoring deceased family and loved ones.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Catrin & Catrina costume contest at last year\u2019s D\u00eda de Muertos festival. (Courtesy of the Historic Oakland Foundation) <\/p>\n

D\u00eda de Muertos (Day of the Dead) originated over 3,000 years ago with the Aztec, Toltec, Purepecha, and other Nahua people, who considered mourning the dead disrespectful. For these pre-Hispanic cultures, death was a natural phase in life\u2019s long continuum. The dead were still members of the community, kept alive in memory and spirit, and during D\u00eda de Muertos, they temporarily returned to Earth.<\/p>\n

In Mexican cultural tradition, people die three deaths \u2013 the first death is when our bodies stop functioning; the second death is when the body is lowered into the ground and returned to Earth; the third and final death is when there is no one left alive to remember you or speak your name. The ofrendas and altars created by families on D\u00eca de Muertos delay this last death.<\/p>\n

Admission is free and dressing up for the occasion is highly encouraged. Registration for the Catr\u00edn & Catr\u00ecna costume contest will be at the festival entrance with first place cash prizes for kids and adults. Street parking is limited and we encourage guests to rideshare, take MARTA, bike, or carpool. <\/p>\n

For more information, visit: oaklandcemetery.com\/dia-de-muertos-2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Now in its fourth year, Atlanta\u2019s largest D\u00eca de Muertos celebration will return to Oakland Cemetery on Sunday,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":509543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,22443,145,144],"class_list":["post-509542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-cemetery","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=509542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/509542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/509543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=509542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=509542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=509542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}