Overview
- The Gran Desfile begins Saturday at 2 p.m. from Puerta de los Leones in Chapultepec, proceeds along Paseo de la Reforma to the Zócalo, and will air on Canal 14, Capital 21 and the city culture networks.
- An opening float titled “Canto de sol y piedra” by Taller El Volador marks the 700th anniversary of México‑Tenochtitlan, featuring a Templo Mayor replica, the eagle with serpent on a nopal and Quetzalcóatl, with about 200 participants around it.
- The Ofrenda Monumental in the Zócalo, created by Zion Art Studio, centers on Tonantzin with figures of Cuerauáperi and Xonaxi Quecuya and cempasúchil grown in Xochimilco and Tláhuac, and remains on view through Nov. 2.
- Mexico City’s Secretariat of Culture reports 414 free activities across the 16 demarcations from Oct. 25 to Nov. 2, including parades, performances and institutional mega ofrendas.
- Tradition assigns Nov. 1 to the souls of children and Nov. 2 to adults, while regional observances vary, such as Sinaloa’s cemetery gatherings with banda music, local foods and public catrina events.