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An imaginary night parade of elaborately dressed Catrinas during Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebration — a night dedicated to honoring and remembering loved ones who have passed. First off, I just want to clarify that I am not a Mexican, and my understanding and knowledge of Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) came from the animated movie Coco, which remained one of my favourites of all time. The idea to reference Día de Muertos popped up while brainstorming on how to present a festive night in a more unusual way. While researching deeper into it, I realised that the best way to incorporate a festive vibe into it is to showcase one of the festivities, Mega Procesión de las Catrinas - a vibrant parade featuring thousands of participants dressed as Catrinas and Catrines. I took the liberty of reimagining the parade in a town (instead of the city where it is usually held) and gave it a more stylish, festive look. So this isn't an accurate picture of how the parade was, but more of a personal reinterpretation of it. The unusual take of something real that I am not familiar with, plus the uncertainty of how many of the voters are more familiar with the festival than I am and how they view the stylised reinterpretation, means that I could not predict how this would be viewed and ranked. I am only hoping that it would not be an offensive misinterpretation of the holiday. But looking at it being ranked at the lower half (37 out of 66), I guess I will also not know why this did not perform well too.