T he Em­bassy of Mex­i­co in T&T host­ed a re­cep­tion in com­mem­o­ra­tion of its Day of the Dead at the Mex­i­can Em­bassy, Port-of-Spain, on No­vem­ber 2.

Among those who at­tend­ed the event were mem­bers of the Mex­i­can com­mu­ni­ty, rep­re­sen­ta­tives from aca­d­e­m­ic and cul­tur­al sec­tors, and the diplo­mat­ic corps.

They ho­n­oured and re­mem­bered de­part­ed loved ones dur­ing the spe­cial cel­e­bra­tion.

At­ten­dees were in­vit­ed to in­dulge in di­verse culi­nary de­lights dur­ing the event, in­clud­ing tra­di­tion­al Mex­i­can desserts and the icon­ic pan de Día de Muer­tos (bread of the Dead) by tal­ent­ed Melisa Madrid and Vernie Philip.

Ad­di­tion­al­ly, guests were treat­ed to re­fresh­ing bev­er­ages such as Agua de Ja­maica (sor­rel wa­ter) and Cham­purra­do (Mex­i­can hot choco­late) pre­pared with the ex­quis­ite Trini­tar­i­an Choco­late pro­vid­ed by choco­lati­er Michael Ball­mann.

The high­light of the evening was the open­ing of the pho­to ex­hi­bi­tion by Mauri­cio Si­le­rio ti­tled Death on the Skin.

His stun­ning pho­tographs cap­tured the essence of the Day of the Dead in Mex­i­co, invit­ing guests to ex­plore the cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance and emo­tion­al depth of this cher­ished tra­di­tion.

Fol­low­ing the ex­hi­bi­tion’s in­au­gu­ra­tion, at­ten­dees were treat­ed to a dance per­for­mance by Nali­ni Akal pay­ing homage to the rich tra­di­tions as­so­ci­at­ed with the Day of the Dead.

The per­for­mance con­veyed the spir­it of re­mem­brance and cel­e­bra­tion, with Akal cap­ti­vat­ing the au­di­ence with her ex­pres­sive move­ments.

Am­bas­sador of Mex­i­co to T&T, Víc­tor Hugo Morales, de­liv­ered the fea­ture ad­dress, en­light­en­ing guests about the cul­tur­al sig­nif­i­cance and sym­bol­ism of the Day of the Dead.

The evening con­tin­ued with a sec­ond dance act by Akal, who fur­ther en­chant­ed the au­di­ence with her artis­tic ex­pres­sion and em­bod­ied the spir­it of Dia de los Muer­tos

Guardian Me­dia free­lance pho­tog­ra­ph­er MARIELA BRUZUAL was at the event and cap­tured these im­ages.