{"id":95927,"date":"2025-11-04T00:03:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/cempasuchil-the-symbol-that-guides-souls-home-every-day-of-the-dead\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T00:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T05:23:20","slug":"cempasuchil-guides-souls-home-every-day-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queonnda.com\/en\/cempasuchil-guides-souls-home-every-day-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Cempas\u00fachil: the symbol that guides souls home every Day of the Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fields of cempas\u00fachil flowers become a visual and sensory spectacle every November in the run-up to the traditional Day of the Dead in Mexico, when producers in the municipality of Atlixco, in the state of Puebla (center), begin to cut the flowers to take them to all corners of the country and with them -and their peculiar smell- call the souls back to their homes.<\/p>\n

The marigold is one of the most important icons of the Day of the Dead, combining indigenous roots, Catholic faith and popular creativity.<\/p>\n

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Cempas\u00fachil, the flower that guides those who are no longer with us<\/h2>\n
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PHOTO: Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In long days and with a curved knife, the workers cut and choose the best flowers, those that are not mistreated, since their purpose will be to decorate the offerings<\/a> or altars where the food and favorite objects of the deceased people whose memory will be honored this weekend, as is the tradition in the North American country.<\/p>\n

Once the flowers are harvested, they are taken to the market, where buyers from different states of the Republic arrive to negotiate them and immediately load them on trucks that will transport them throughout the country during the festivities of November 1 and 2.<\/p>\n

This was explained by Lorenzo D\u00edaz Ortega, a local producer, who told EFE that this year more than 300 hectares of cempas\u00fachil were planted in the region, which guarantees supply.<\/p>\n

“With the whole region between cempas\u00fachil there are more than 300 hectares, velvet (another type of seasonal flower), are around 200 or 250 hectares, then it is enough flower that is going to be sold here in Atlixco as every year,” explained the florist.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\uddfb #Atlixco<\/a> blooms with the golden glow of the cempas\u00fachil. \ud83d\ude0d\ud83e\udde1<\/p>\n

At the foothills of #Popocat\u00e9petl<\/a>, this Pueblo M\u00e1gico produces more than 2 million flowers each season, becoming one of Mexico’s main suppliers during this season. \u2728<\/p>\n

Your fields, cared for… pic.twitter.com\/G6tDWvkYhb<\/a><\/p>\n

– SECTUR Mexico (@SECTUR_mx) November 4, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n