Wonders of Mexico
Day of the Dead and Monarch Butterflies
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An important Mexican annual event coincides with one of its greatest natural spectacles.
Every winter, up to a billion monarch butterflies overwinter in fir forests deep in central Mexico’s mountains. For thousands of years the people living in Mexico’s mountains have believed these butterflies are the spirits of the dead. Their arrival in winter coincides with Mexico’s most spectacular festival, Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
Wonders of Mexico
Day of the Dead and Monarch Butterflies
Clip | 2m 31sVideo has Closed Captions
Every winter, up to a billion monarch butterflies overwinter in fir forests deep in central Mexico’s mountains. For thousands of years the people living in Mexico’s mountains have believed these butterflies are the spirits of the dead. Their arrival in winter coincides with Mexico’s most spectacular festival, Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
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