PICS: Krewe de Mayahuel's colorful Day of the Dead parade lights up St. Roch

PICS: Krewe de Mayahuel’s colorful Day of the Dead parade lights up St. Roch

Krewe de Mayahuel parades in the St. Roch neighborhood from Carnaval Lounge to St. Roch Cemetery as part of a Day of the Dead procession to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed.

by Matthew Hinton | November 4, 2019

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Krewe de Mayahuel parades in the St. Roch neighborhood from Carnaval Lounge to St. Roch Cemetery as part of a Day of the Dead procession to remember and celebrate loved ones who have passed in New Orleans, Louisiana Saturday, November 2, 2019. Mayahuel is named after the Aztec goddess of agave, the plant used to make tequila. The group was founded by Mexican immigrants including Roberto Carrillo, a native of Mexico City who moved to New Orleans along with other Mexican immigrant construction workers after Hurricane Katrina. Drum groups including Skinz N Bonez and Bloco Jacaré, a Brazilian group from Baton Rouge which means alligator in Portuguese, accompanied the krewe.

Matthew Hinton

Matthew Hinton is a New Orleans area freelance photographer whose work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Best of Photojournalism Awards in 2014 and 2016, and by numerous awards from the Press Club of New Orleans, including the Hal Ledet President's Print Photography Award, the highest honor the Press Club can bestow upon a photographer.
Matthew Hinton has previously been a staff photographer at both of the daily newspapers in New Orleans. His work has appeared nationally and internationally through freelance work with the Associated Press and AFP, Agence France-Presse.