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Post by htmb on Nov 19, 2012 15:15:02 GMT
As a straitlaced Englishman I was completely unaware of this ceremony, and of the great lengths people will go to in honouring their loved ones. The same for me. You would think that since I grew up in Tampa with so many people of Spanish, Cuban, and Italian descent I would know more about this celebration. Is this more of a Mexican thing, bixa, or are there also celebrations in other Latin countries?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2012 18:46:06 GMT
The lawn dancers are excellent!
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Post by nycgirl on Dec 1, 2012 16:39:21 GMT
Some of the costumes are very convincing and frightening. I wouldn't want to meet those zombies in a dark alley. Bixa, you outdid yourself. There are so many great images here, too many to mention them all, but I especially love the nighttime shots of flowers and candles. They are so poignant. And I love your presentation throughout, especially the slideshow of the sand paintings in #89. Bravo! Have you ever thought of submitting some of these to a travel magazine? I think any publication, in print or online, would be lucky to have them.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 4, 2012 17:24:48 GMT
A very belated but extremely grateful THANK YOU to all who were kind enough to comment on this thread. Mossie, it's not just honor, it's actually welcoming the deceased back into family life for a brief period every year. And Htmb, that's why I think this festival is more intense in Mexico. I believe, although I'm open to correction, that other Latin countries are merely continuing the European Catholic tradition of All Souls and All Saints days, whereas in Mexico that has merged with deep pre-colonial beliefs about the dead returning at that time of year. Thanks, Kerouac. I was charmed by that whimsical group. NYCGirl, you made my day with your kind & flattering statement. Truly, I so much enjoy putting a thread like this together. But at anyport, it's hard to think of it as exceptional since so many anyporters present so many brilliant threads on a regular basis. Coincidentally, photobucket is running a contest right now on telling a story with pictures: blog.photobucket.com/blog/contests_on_photobucket/Huh! Not to knock their examples (okay, I'm knocking them), but every single one of us should be stuffing that $25,000 into our pockets, just for our lesser efforts, don't you think?! At any rate, thank you! As a pro at writing, if you ever want to expound on how to submit pieces for publication, I'm sure many people here would be very grateful.
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Post by bixaorellana on Dec 6, 2012 17:35:43 GMT
Still going through pictures taken in November, so only now found these which I took for Casimira. She'd asked about mass growing of flowers for the days of the dead markets. There always seem to be some left growing afterward, whether because they weren't ready in time or simply didn't get harvested, I don't know. Anyway, when the plane was taxiing out on the runway I could see that the fields all around had blocks of bright yellow. You can see there was a distortion in the plane window, but I'm pretty sure these were cultivated flowers, not wild. Taken during take-off: Here are some wild marigolds. They bloom at the right time of the year to adorn the dead's altars.
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Post by nycgirl on Dec 9, 2012 16:40:58 GMT
Marigolds sure are sunny and pretty.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 8, 2013 16:52:59 GMT
Briefly resurrecting this thread in case no one has seen Disney's latest venture into crass bastardism. I was sent a Spanish-language petition against it to sign, but it looks as though the mouse was thwarted anyway. Don't you love the sullen way they backed down? Disney drops effort to trademark Day of the Dead name <-- click
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2013 19:45:35 GMT
Yes, I came across that today. They will stop at just about nothing.
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