Almost 10,000 people dressed in varying degrees of decayed flesh (zombie makeup!) participated in what is now being publicised as the biggest Zombie Walk event this year.

People of literally all ages came in torn and dishevelled clothing as well ghoulish, bloodied makeup as they hobbled, shuffled and groaned their way through the capital.

The current holder of the record (as officially stated by the Guinness Book of World Records) is Asbury Park in the U.S. where a little over 4,000 "undead" marched through the streets in 2010.

Last month, a group in Brisbane, Australia upped the ante by staging an event that included 8,000 zombies. These kinds of "walks" have been very popular recently as the genre has extended to television, literature, movies and most especially, video games.

Other places that have also staged their version of the event are Latin America, Lima in Peru, Santiago in Chile and Sao Paulo in Brazil. Many critics have dubbed the walk as a comment on the nature of contemporary consumerist culture.

They have also said that it might be a statement against the harsh economic climate. But the likely answer is that participants are just doing it for fun and the novelty of being a zombie for a day.

That the event could also have a particular significance to Mexico's celebration of "Day of the Dead" has not been ignored by the media and are reporting on that angle. Many have also said that it is chillingly apt in light of the drug and gang related news that fills the city's news programs. No word yet on how or if these 2 cultural views correspond to the Zombie Walk.

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