Monday, October 27, 2014

Fiesta de Los Muertos







When the woods turn to red and green tweed, and the veil between the living and the dead is thin, a gathering takes place to mark the beginning of holy unholy week. Sunday is now comparable to Palm Sunday as we begin a week in celebration of the dead and in contemplation of haunted things.




1.
Terraza de Ofrendas



Cornucopia of memento mori
and comida de los muertos







 Remembering the dead
Provides the living with something to do






 In the plaza below
The musical machinery cranks up






 A good time dance band,
 Latin American pattern recognition






 Be careful not to step on any fresh graves



 2.
 Los Artisanos de los Muertos





 Master craftsman's table,
A mother and daughter study the tradition,
The art of the skull








Sugar and water
 How to make candy skulls








 Everybody represents
Their own skull face







 Senora selling decorated candy skulls







 Skulls all sizes





 Calavera Mother and child
In the area where babies are held







Guerrilla Theater
 The white monster made theMeso-Americans
Bow to the altar of US Militarism










 3. 
Calaveras y Calacas
For Sale


 

 Elegant skeletons






 It seems some marriages are made in hell






'Til death do we part?
Some couples are like Mormons,
Who stay married until the end of time







 I'm still pining for my own corpse bride










 A huge day,
A new mural was unveiled
 Part of the bone-knob festivities









 Momentos and the chrysanthemums fade away,
Eventually no one remembers those who once lived,
Souls go back to the Eternal Soul








To all the living and the dead,
Bye-bye









26 October 2014

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