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Hollywood Forever after dark on November 1 is unlike anything else in Southern California. Tens of thousands of people move through the cemetery grounds between altars that families built for the people who mattered to them — marigolds stacked to the ceiling, photographs, handwritten letters, food offerings. This is not Halloween. It is something older and more specific than that.
Dia de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the most attended Day of the Dead celebration in the United States, held on November 1 every year for over two decades. Tens of thousands of people fill the grounds of the historic cemetery after dark. The altars are among the most elaborate you will find outside of Mexico. Families and community members build towering marigold displays, photograph arrangements, handwritten notes, food offerings, and objects that tell the story of someone who mattered. Walking among them is a quiet, strange, profound experience. No two altars are the same. The mainstage hosts live music rooted in traditional Mexican and Latinx traditions alongside …
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