The site of Nueva Anzures (Colonia) located within the town of Miguel Hidalgo, in the Municipality of Miguel Hidalgo (in the State of Distrito Federal). It is placed exactly 2.88 km (to the W) from the geographical center of the municipality of Miguel Hidalgo. And it is located 2.88 km (to the W) from the centre of the town of Miguel Hidalgo.

The Parade of the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos, observed officially on November 1st) is a huge event which is held annually in the streets of Mexico City, starting from Estela de Luz (in Nueva Anzures), with hundreds of people parading towards the famous Zocalo Square.



Most of tourists think that this parade is an ancient tradition of Mexico City, but actually it started to be held in 2016, just one year after the premier of James Bond ‘Spectre’ film. This movie shows a stunning opening sequence, situated in a --then nonexistent-- Day of the Dead parade, where the principal actor starts a thrilling pursuit through hundreds of extras dressed with sort of Halloween costumes, and a huge parade with floats, revelers, and big skeleton marionettes.



Such opening scene was so successful that many of the tourists visiting Mexico tried to look for information in order to watch it on the next Day of the Dead, in late October and early November. However, these travelers found that this parade did not exist, which led to local authorities to create it from scratch, after seeing this opportunity for the tourism in the region.



The first parade of 2016 was a complete success. Most of the characters, floats and marionettes were replicated, around 250,000 people joined the event, and the atmosphere was very similar to the film’s one.



The parade is more than a kilometer long and, in addition to references to the death (which are very popular in Mexican popular culture), also recalls some historical stages of Mexico, from pre-Hispanic times to the present, including the time when it was a Spanish colony, and independent and revolutionary Mexico. Almost 1000 volunteers, floats, dancers, alebrijes and giant puppets participate in the parade.





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Map of Nueva Anzures (Miguel Hidalgo)

Where is Nueva Anzures? Here you are a location map of Nueva Anzures: please use the controls at the top left side to zoom in (+) and out (-). It is a satellite photo centered in Nueva Anzures, which is marked with the symbol