Festival de las ánimas

 This documentary would examine the importance of festival de las ánimas in Mérida, Yucatán. This festival also is called Hanal Pixán and is so important because the people remember their ancestors. During October thirty-one until November second this festival celebrates. The state council organize the “festival de las ánimas” in which the main objective is to take a tour in the streets downtown in which you can see all the altars of the ancestors of the different families. The tour realizes between the Church of the Hermitage and the General Cemetery. 

The aim of the documentary would be to film the festival in order to show the culture of Mérida, Yucatán and all the activities which involve this celebration. 

During the festival, you can see altars exposition, a sample of Mayan ceremonies, regional gastronomical sample, reading of stories and legends of the region, typical dance and guided tours in the general cemetery. These dates are important here so in that way the documentary is going to talk about it and show all the activities which concerned. 

The documentary would highlight all the history of this celebration. First, we are going to talk about why this celebration is realised then we are going to film Merida’s downtown and the streets in which the tour realizes. In the same way, the typical dance will be shown all this documentary is going to have typical music.