For the pre Halloween weekend, I visited a big costume festival "Dia de Los Muertos" in Hollywood.
It was located at a real cemetery. A big one!
"Hollywood Forever Cemetery" is on Santa Monica Blvd in the center of Los Angeles. It is worth it to stop by here just to see the beautiful landscape.
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90038
(323)469-1181
Dia de Los Muertos means Day of the Dead. This is a Mexican Holiday around November 1 which celebrates friends or family who have died.
Skeleton art and performers were everywhere in the huge cemetery.
You can find Mexican traditional art mixed with each person's artistic impression.
The main event is an Altar Contest that gives $3000 for 1st prize.
Many of altars included real people which was very interesting to me. at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038
This event goes from 12pm to 12am.
I loved the selection of food vendors. Off course there are Mexican traditional foods such as Tacos, Tamale, and BBQs.
I enjoyed looking around the numerous craft stores.
You can meet Rosita who is a Mexican cartoon character from "Rosita y Conchita" and purchase some cool stuff too.
There is a craft corner and you can paint either a skeleton head or a coffin jewery box.
Inside of the Cathedral is an art exhibit.
There are so many types of Skeleton art and it is right in front of a real coffin..
There are several face painting spots and you can choose with your taste.
You can be a cute skeleton or death metal.
It seems to be a big colorful flowers on head is the young girl's trend.
After you see the unique crafts and you feel like making one...
There is a craft corner and you can paint either a skeleton head or a coffin jewery box.
Inside of the Cathedral is an art exhibit.
There are so many types of Skeleton art and it is right in front of a real coffin..
To be a part of this festival, you must wear the face painting.
There are several face painting spots and you can choose with your taste.
It was just simply fun to look around at the people in costume.
I couldn't stay until night time, but I'm sure it was really scary and more exciting for the adventurous.
This is also a perfect spot to see the Hollywood sign.
