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Moments of beauty, remembrance, and community from the Monterey Bay Día de los Muertos.

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Danza & Ceremony

Aztec dancer in traditional regalia with feathered headdress

Danza Azteca

Danza Azteca performer in elaborate feathered costume at night

Noche de Danza

Black and white photo of dancer with skull face paint and feathered headdress

La Catrina Danza

Aztec dancer with blue feathered headdress performing

Guerrero Azteca

Dancer in green and yellow feathered regalia

Plumas Sagradas

Aztec dancer in red and black feathered costume with maracas

Fuego y Tierra

Aztec dancers with blue feathered headdresses in ceremony

Ceremonia Sagrada

Aztec dancers performing in dusty ceremonial grounds

Danza en la Tierra

Ceremonial gathering with wolf headdress and copal smoke

Ceremonia del Copal

Aztec dancer in wolf headdress with feathered regalia

El Lobo Sagrado

Aztec dancer with skull face paint and feathered headdress performing by fire

Danza del Fuego

Calpulli Yaocuauhtli dancers with Yaocuauhtli banner and jaguar regalia

Calpulli Yaocuauhtli

Five Aztec drummers in full feathered regalia with ceremonial drums

Los Tambores

Dancer in white feathered headdress with colorful regalia and eagle

Águila Blanca

Two Aztec warriors in feathered headdresses performing combat dance

Danza de Guerreros

Aztec dancer in blue feathered headdress mid-performance

Vuelo del Águila

Female Aztec dancer with feathered headdress arms raised in prayer

Oración Sagrada

Aztec dancers with large feathered headdresses under papel picado at night

Noche de Ceremonia

Two Aztec dancers in feathered regalia with skull mask

Hermanos de Danza

Aztec dancer with vibrant blue and orange feathered headdress

Plumas del Cielo

Female Aztec dancer in white regalia with colorful feathered headdress holding a rattle

Danzante Sagrada

Male Aztec dancer in full blue feathered headdress with skull mask at night

Guerrero de la Noche

Aztec dancer in eagle headdress in wide stance mid-performance

Danza del Águila

Elder dancer in vibrant red feathered headdress with beaded regalia

El Anciano Guerrero

Aztec dancer leaping over ofrenda with white and red feathered headdress

Vuelo Sagrado

Aztec warrior with large white feathered headdress and blue feathered shield

Escudo de Plumas

Woman in jaguar headdress with ceremonial face paint at night

Ocelotl

Two Aztec dancers performing around a ceremonial fire at night

Danza del Fuego Sagrado

Aztec dancer in green and red regalia with blue feathered headdress

Colores de la Tierra

Three Aztec dancers in vibrant multicolored feathered headdresses posing together

Hermandad

Row of Aztec drummers in feathered regalia and skull masks playing ceremonial drums at golden hour

Los Tambores Sagrados

Aztec warrior in large blue and brown feathered headdress playing ceremonial drum

El Tamborero

Three female Aztec dancers in teal and colorful feathered headdresses mid-performance

Danza de las Plumas

Aztec warrior in elaborate jaguar headdress with toucan and skull regalia

Guerrero Jaguar

Female Aztec dancer in black outfit with blue and white feathered headdress leaping at night

Vuelo Nocturno

Female Aztec dancer in teal eagle regalia with large feathered headdress performing outdoors

Danza del Águila Real

Aztec warrior in full black feathered headdress with bear skull mask standing tall

Oso Negro

Two Aztec dancers in feathered regalia — one with face paint, one with skull mask — posing together

Compañeros de Danza

Aztec dancer in large black and teal feathered headdress standing barefoot at night

Guardián de la Noche

Young girl in colorful Aztec regalia with feathered hat and face paint standing beside a tall dancer in full black feathered headdress and ceremonial face paint

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November 13–15, 2026 · Monterey, California