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The small-town cemetery where Mexicans bury their dead with their own hands

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Mexico City, Aug 17 (EFE News).- There is a Mexico that is not renouncing its traditions despite the coronavirus pandemic. It's the Mexico of Juan, who died at age 52 of Covid-19 and his relatives bade farewell to him as they have always done with deceased family members: they held his wake at home, carried his coffin through the town and buried him with their own hands.(CAMERA:Miguel Ángel Andrade)

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