Eli
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El Dia de Muetro da Vida
I hope the below link works and Ya"all can access the pictures taken of the alter and tapete here in the Plaza in Oaxaca. It has been an incredible
experience to partake in.
http://picasaweb.google.com/SaradeLaVos/TapeteYAltarOax07
Oaxaca awakens to joy and celebration on Day of the Dead. The town is booming with the party ensuing.
[Edited on 11-1-2007 by Eli]
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Paulina
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Fantastic. Thank you Sara for sharing those with us. I liked seeing the boys involved painting the plaster skulls.
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Paula
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Beautiful, Sara. What a perfect place to be on Dia de los Muertos!
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Natalie Ann
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I really enjoyed this series of photos, Sara. Very interesting to see the artists at work, how the altar and tapete all come together. So colorful
it is, how much meaning is built into it. How much time was spent making it real?
Nena
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Eli
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Nena, Paula, y Paulina, I am so glad you enjoyed the pictures. I have been casting and painting skulls for several weeks. The actual building of the
alter and tapete was done in half a day. The design for the tapete was some time in the mind of Xochitl before finalizing in real life, the creative
process you know.
If there was ever a time to come to Oaxaca, it is for Dia de Muerto, the town really comes alive, there is so much to see and do.
I am packing, packing, packing. I plan to go the the Municipal Cemantary in a couple of hours, than out to Hoho for a look at a country graveyard and
than we head to Mexico City around 1 a.m.
If all goes according to plan, I will be sleeping in my own bed in Baja Saturday night.
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Thanks for sharing, Sara. What a wonderful altar. So enjoyed seeing the creative process. I'm in Portland now and do not have much time on the
computer, but had to login to tell you how much I enjoyed seeing the creative process as well as the end result.
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. - Ancis
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Eli
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Thanks Gnomie, here is a link with a few more reasons to come play during Day of the Dead in Oaxaca.
http://picasaweb.google.com/SaradeLaVos/Oct31Oax
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Gnome-ad
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Wow!! Thanks for more! I was still on line and saw you had posted so came to take a look ... thanks again!
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. - Ancis
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Really beautiful Sara! What a wonderful protrayl of the dead and such a vivid and interesting way to celebrate them.The colors are fantastic and the
sand art is something else.Thanks for sharing...bessos, Sally
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Ladies!
If you click on the pictures in the first link you will see a small picture of Sara, upper right, click on that and you will be taken to a bunch of
her art of other times.
But then, perhaps you have already done that.
Thanks Sara.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Eli
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Thanks Bernie, Sally, hopefully I will be writing next time from Los Barriles. Happy Trails to Me.................
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As always, soooooooo beautiful and interesting. See you when you get back here!
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Wonderful and Interesting Pictures
Sara, adding more thanks for your sharing of such personal moments.
My thoughts to Don Jimmy on this day.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Don Jimmy
GREAT SKULLS !
I also was thinking of Don Jimmy on this day !
akbear
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Sallysouth
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Yes Sara, Happy trails to you.Maybe you are already home? Darn it, I was so hoping to get down there but the costs of flights are so dang high I don't
know if I can! Rachels B-day is at the end of this month and she so wants her Nana to be there.Did you know that Juanita had another nina?She is
almost 2 now! I will keep trying to get down and would love to see you again, and if I do get down I will stay awhile.I still have your contact
info,will call you . Abrazos, Sally 
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Great photos, I will have to add this town to my list of travels when I head down south again. Later--------bajafun777
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Eli
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Thanks all! I made it home last night, it is so good to be back in Los Barriles. I am so lucky I can call this place my home. More soon, Hasta
entonces, Sara
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