On Saturday, October 24, 2026, Tlayecac will dress up as the dead for the first Muertada: an evening of costumes, music and a walk through the town, closing with a great kermés at the Kiosco de Tlayecac.
It is the first edition of a celebration that its organizers hope will become a tradition in the town, and a good excuse to visit Tlayecac and take a look at its tourist attractions.
A muertada is a collective walk in which neighbors take to the streets dressed as catrinas, catrines and calaveras. The announcement says it plainly: “¡Vístete, baila y acompáñanos en la Muertada!” — dress up, dance and come along.
The invitation is open to everyone and, above all, to families: children, grandparents and anyone who wants to walk through the town as a character from the Day of the Dead.
Meeting point and schedule
- 5:30 pm — The muertada starts at Los Herreros.
- 6:00 pm — The route sets off, with music and street sales along the way.
- 7:30 pm — The walk ends at the Kiosco de Tlayecac, where the Gran Kermés begins, accompanied by a surprise orchestra.
The Gran Kermés closes the night at the Kiosco de Tlayecac, at 7:30 pm.
The muertada also opens the season in which Tlayecac honors its dead, one of the dates in the town’s calendar of festivals and celebrations. On November 1, before noon, families set up the ofrenda with fruit, bread, water and the dishes the deceased enjoyed in life, such as mole, tamales and rice pudding, together with cempasúchil and velvet flowers.
The offering is removed on November 2 after noon, and that night the town goes to the cemetery for the alumbrada, the lighting of candles for its dead.
Source: Naríz de Tepetate.
