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Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A performer in a mariachi band entertains the crowd with his violin.

PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG

Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: Festival participants show off their skeleton-themed costumes. The Day of the Dead is a traditional holiday celebrated in Mexico and some other Latin American countries that is focused on remembering and honoring one’s deceased relatives.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A participant in the annual Day of the Dead Parade bangs on a large drum.

PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG

Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A participant dressed in a colorful cat mask marches in the annual Day of the Dead parade.

PHOTO BY GREG ROSENBERG

Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A person dressed in a colorful butterfly costume marches in the Skulls and Skeletons procession during CPT’s Day of the Dead festivities.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A festival attendee stands next to a float featuring a pair of skeletons. Tradition holds that on the Day of the Dead, the line between the living and the dead blurs, allowing dead people to visit with their still-living relatives.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: A stilt walker in a striped costume walks in the Skulls and Skeleton parade outside of the Cleveland Public Theatre on Detroit Ave. in the Gordon Square Arts District.

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Saturday, November 2, 2024; Day of the Dead Festival, Cleveland Public Theatre: Festival attendees Gina, Ellie, Francesca, and Franny (with their dog Bruno) show off their festive costumes.