Super Spooky Halloween in Oaxaca

In the US we celebrate Halloween as a way to mark the end of summer and the beginning of the darker days of the year. And in Mexico, of course, they have Dia de los Muertos (plenty of blogging on that in the next few weeks). But the Mexicans apparently also do some dressing up, Halloween-style, as evidenced by these super creepy masks that we've been seeing everywhere:












Check out the close-up:















Can you imagine little kids walking around your neighborhood with these things on?