Revelers dance through the streets in traditional costumes at the start of the Day of the Dead festival, Oct. 30, 2013, in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Women dressed as La Catrina, a popular figure in Mexico known as "The Elegant Skull," pose during celebrations marking the upcoming Day of the Dead at the National Autonoma University of Mexico, in Mexico City, Oct. 30, 2013.

Residents hold up lanterns during a procession ahead of the Day of the Dead in Tultepec Oct. 31, 2013. People carrying multicolored lanterns walked several blocks through the town in a procession to light the way of the angels to heaven, according to organizers. The annual Day of the Dead is observed on November 1 and 2.

Revelers dance through the streets in traditional costumes at the start of the Day of the Dead festival known in spanish as Dia de Muertos, Oct. 30, 2013 in Oaxaca, Mexico.

A woman places candles on a tombstone at a public cemetery carved into the side of a mountain on All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, 2013 in Marikina City, Philippines. As the largest Catholic nation in Asia this public holiday allows Filipinos to visit the family cemeteries for overnight and weekend vigils. Offices and schools close as the usually silent graveyards become a party with food and music.

Filipino Catholics spruce up the crypts of their loved ones at a public cemetery at Paranaque city, south of Manila, Philippines, Oct. 31, 2013 to honor the departed on All Saint's Day. Traditionally, Christians visit cemeteries and memorial parks to offer prayers every November 1st to pay tribute to their departed loved ones.

Flower and candle vendors wave to attract people visiting Manila's north cemetery, in the Philippines, Oct. 29, 2013.

Carmen Alvarez Arranz gestures as she stands next to her mother's grave at Madrid's La Almudena cemetery on All Saints' Day, Nov. 1, 2013.

A Mexican woman wipes away a tear as a Mariachi band plays at the tomb of a loved one during the Day of the Dead festival at the old cemetery on Oct. 31, 2013, in Xoxocotlan, Mexico.

Faithful Luis Castillo dressed as a traditional Mexican "Catrina" poses during Day of the Dead celebrations at Mexico's National Autonomous University in Mexico City, Oct. 30, 2013.

A Mexican woman lights a candle to honor the dead at the tomb of a loved one during the Day of the Dead festival at the old cemetery, Oct. 31, 2013 in Xoxocotlan, Mexico. The three-day holiday is used to pray for and remember family and friends who have died.

An elderly Zapotec indigenous woman cleans the grave of a family member at the start of the Day of the Dead festival known in spanish as Dia de Muertos, Oct. 30, 2013, in Teotitlan, Mexico.