Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead festival for first time since pandemic

Families were able to celebrate the Day of the Deaf for the first time since it was prohibited last year (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Mexico returned to mass commemorations of the Day of the Dead on Sunday, after traditional visits to graveyards were prohibited last year because of the coronavirus pandemic.

But the one-year hiatus showed how the tradition itself refuses to die: Most families still celebrated with home altars to deceased loved ones, and some snuck into cemeteries anyway.