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Days of the Dead
Ok get your graveyard pix out and post them.
How do you like this one Capt. Mike?
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This is the graveyard near the jail south of Bahia de Los Angeles.
DK and Paulina....is this the one you have been looking for?
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Please work this time!
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across from the Cactus Sanctuary, which is down a dusty road from El Triunfo:
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
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...and my personal favorite - this is actually Tucker's photo, I'm just borrowing it.
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This was near a mission but I cant remember which one....one that there is very little left but the foundation.
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I always like the look of this one. Dont remember where I took it.
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BajaJudy,
No, the grave yard we are looking for is on the East side of the road, opposite side from Las Flores grave yard. I found it once by accident in 1980,
and haven't been able to find it since. I have a square nail that I found as evidence, so I know I wasn't imagining it!
P<*)))><
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What day is "Day of the Dead" in Mexico?
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It is a big celebration by families for their relatives, friends etc who have passed away.......a happy time
Here is a short explanation
This was taken from a Floramex website which was the best description I could find:
Los Dias de los Muertos, the Days of the Dead, is a traditional Mexico holiday honoring the dead. It is celebrated every year at the same time as
Halloween and the Christian holy days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day (November 1st and 2nd). Los Dias de los Muertos is not a sad time, but
instead a time of remembering and rejoicing.
In many places the townspeople dress up as ghouls, ghosts, mummies and skeletons and parade through the town carrying an open coffin. The "corpse"
within smiles as it is carried through the narrow streets of town. The local vendors toss oranges inside as the procession makes its way past their
markets. Lucky "corpses" can also catch flowers, fruits, and candies.
In the homes families arrange ofrenda's or "altars" with flowers, bread, fruit and candy. Pictures of the deceased family members are added. In the
late afternoon special all night burning candles are lit - it is time to remember the departed - the old ones, their parents and grandparents.
The next day the families travel to the cemetery, with hoes, picks and shovels. They also carry flowers, candles, blankets, and picnic baskets. They
have come to clean and maintain the graves of their loved ones. The Crypts are scrubbed and swept. Colorful flowers, bread, fruit and candles are
placed on the graves. Some bring guitars and radios to listen to. Some families will spend the entire night in the cemeteries. Different parts of the
country celebrate this holiday a little differently. In some places an entire meal will be left overnight when the family leaves.
Skeletons and skulls are found everywhere. Chocolate, marzipan and white chocoloate skulls,coffins, and skeletons are especially enjoyed. Special
loaves of bread are baked, called "pan de muertos", and decorated with "bones". Skeleton figurines, called calacas, are especially popular. Calacas
usually show an active and joyful afterlife. Figures of musicians, mariachis,generals on horseback, even skeletal brides, in their white bridal gowns
marching down the aisles with their boney grooms are especially fun.
The celebration of Los Dias de los Muertos, like the customs of Halloween, evolved with the influences of the
Celtics, the Romans, and the Christian holy days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. But with added influences
from the Aztec people of Mexico. The Aztecs believed in an afterlife where the spirits of their dead would return as hummingbirds and butterflies.
Every autumn Monarch Butterflies, which have summered up north in the United States and Canada, return to Mexico for the winter protection of the
oyamel fir trees. The locale inhabitants welcome back the
returning butterflies, which many believe bear the spirits of their departed. The spirits to be honored during Los
Dias de los Muertos.Even images carved in the ancient Aztec monuments show this belief - the linking the spirits of the
dead and the Monarch butterfly.
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This one is from near Posa Aleman
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El Triunfo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Spyderman
What day is "Day of the Dead" in Mexico? |
I believe it's know in other places as All Souls Day
No Bad Days
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This little guy is the saint for children who have died. I think that its Barthelemy...but I could be wrong
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I think the "little guy" is the Santo Nino de Atocha.
Great photos...
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bajajudy
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Elizabeth, you are 100% right.
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It is horrifying to see how many graves there are in Santa Rosalia. 1000's died monthly.
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Bajajudy, Thanks for the answer and the explanation.
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There are even more days of the dead than we are commonly aware of. The night of October 28th is for people who died violent deaths. Often water
and bread are placed outside for them, but people stay inside. October 29 is for unbaptized people and October 30 for those who have no living
relatives to honor them. The days may be a little different in different parts of Mexico. At 3 pm on Oct 31, the baptized children come to visit
their families. They leave at 3 pm the next day. On Nov 2, the tombs in the cemetaries are decorated and friends and relatives visit with the dead.
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I think that it is a wonderful way to celebrate the dead and remember them.
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