Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange and sleepy sight. Touting bright blue yoga mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, hundreds of Mexicans laid sprawled out on the ground at the base of the city’s iconic Monument to the Revolution to take a nap.
Lolling with bright blue mats, sleeping masks and travel pillows, people lie sprawled out at the base of the iconic Monument to the Revolution to take a nap, in Mexico City, Friday, March 15, 2024. Dubbed the “mass siesta,” the event was in commemoration of World Sleep Day.
Some participants wrapped themselves in bright orange blankets, while others prepped their phones to play soothing music as they slept. “As a musician I work at night, and I rarely sleep well during the day. Sometimes we forget to eat, sometimes all we get is a little nap,” he said.Mexico’s presidential candidates sign commitment for peace with church leaders concerned by violenceThe event was organized by the Center for Sleep and Neurosciences and the Mexican Society for the Investigation of Medicine and Sleep .
“We live in a society that is full of economic, social and political commitments, where everything matters other than rest. That can have a strong impact on health,” he said.
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