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
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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