Secundaria Memories?

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I'm heading to @Cancun soon and my Tia Rosa told me she went to Secundaria Federal Juan de la Barrera. She's always talking about how amazing the school's annual Dia de Muertos celebration was. She said the altars were incredible, way more elaborate than anything I've seen. Anyone know if they still do that massive celebration? I'd love to check it out if it's still a thing.

sigrid · Answer

If your tia graduated from there a while back, the celebration has changed a bit over the years. These days a lot of the secundarias in the city coordinate their altars through the same municipal contest, so Juan de la Barrera's setup is impressive but not as huge as it was in the 90s. The neighborhood ones around SM 64 and the big altars at Parque de las Palapas are honestly where you'll see the most elaborate work now. If you time your trip for late October, walk the streets in that area the evening of Nov 1, that's when families set up the real show.

katarzyna · Answer

juan de la barrera is on av chichen itza in sm 64, pretty close to the mercado 28 area. they still do the altar de muertos every year, usually around oct 31 to nov 2, and yeah the students go all out with the cempasuchil and papel picado. thing is its a public secundaria so you cant just walk in off the street, you gotta know someone or catch the evening event when they open it to families. if your tia still has contacts there thats ur best bet, otherwise the big public altars at palacio municipal or the ones in the sm 64 neighborhood are easier to see

ann · Answer

Worth knowing that Juan de la Barrera runs two shifts, matutino and vespertino, and the altar usually belongs to whichever turn is on that week, so the evening event people mention is often the vespertino one. Your tia probably remembers the matutino version if she went in the morning. Either way you won't get past the puerta without a parent or an ex-alumno vouching for you, the conserje at the entrance on Chichen Itza is strict about that. If you can't arrange it, the altars inside the Palacio Municipal courtyard on Avenida Tulum are open to the public and honestly rival what the school does.

inacaspari · Answer

the tia probably remembers the matutino altars from back then but the school switched things up a few years ago, they started inviting primarias from the area to contribute mini altars so now its more of a feeder-school thing than a single secundaria showcase. timing wise the vespertino usually does theirs nov 1 evening and the matutino on nov 2 morning, both at the same campus on chichen itza. if u cant get in, the altars at the casa de cultura on av yaxchilan are slept on, way less crowded than palapas and the students from several secundarias set up there too

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