Overview
- The Gran Desfile is scheduled for Saturday, November 1 at 2 p.m., starting at Puerta de los Leones and traveling along Paseo de la Reforma to the Zócalo, with TV coverage on Canal 14, Capital 21 and city cultural channels.
- The parade will open with Taller El Volador’s “Canto de sol y piedra,” a monumental float featuring a Templo Mayor motif, the eagle and serpent on a nopal, and a figure of Quetzalcóatl, accompanied by around 200 participants.
- Organizers report more than 7,000 participants with additional monumental floats, comparsas, catrinas and live music along the route.
- The Ofrenda Monumental in the Zócalo, created by Zion Art Studio and centered on Tonantzin, showcases cempasúchil grown in Xochimilco and Tláhuac and is open daily through November 2 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- According to tradition, November 1 honors deceased children and November 2 honors adults, with regional practices such as music-filled cemetery gatherings in Sinaloa highlighting the celebration’s diversity.