Skeleton dancers are depicted on a mural at Guadalupe Cemetery on Thursday. The cemetery, which was once part of a Pascua Yaqui village, is the site of an annual "Dia de los Muertos" gathering. Pascua Yaqui observe the holiday with a mixture of Indigenous and Roman Catholic rituals and traditions.
Luis Sotelo, a member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, paces through his family's plot in the Cemetery while cleaning and decorating each of his family's burial sites the day before Dia de los Muertos.
Sotelo rests his rake while taking a break from preparing his family's burial plot.
Luis and Rosa Sotelo take a break from their preparations.
The setting sun illuminates dirt kicked up from Luis' rake on Thursday night.
While some Dia de los Muertos participants spent the day on Friday at Guadalupe Cemetary participating in the holiday's mix of Indigenous and Roman Catholic rituals, many mourners showed up around sunset to visit the resting places of their loved ones.
Brittle, broken feet on a crucified figure of Christ are seen in an open-air chapel at Guadalupe Cemetary.
Mourners gather around the open-air chapel at Guadalupe Cemetery to attend a Roman Catholic ceremony lead by Deacon Santino Bernasconi from "Our Lady of Guadalupe" church in the nearby town of Guadalupe.
As nightfall approached, families lit candles at the burial sites of their loved ones. Earlinda and Joe Felix light their candles in the shapes of crosses at the graves of deceased members of their close family.
Each family celebrated the holiday with different traditions and rituals. Some with food, drinks and a couple of beers -- others with graveside services.
Rosa Sotelo kneels at the candle-lit graveside of a close relative on Friday night.
Next to the Sotelo's burial plot, the Ramirez and Gamboa families spend time after dark at the graveside of a family member.
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