I mentioned in another post that I was going to participate in some Dia de los Muertos stuff again this year. You can find some info on the holiday here. These are a few pictures from a gallery/community center that turned out (90% of the photos didn't, sadly).
Picture 1: Part of an altar for someone's dead cat. I didn't want to photo a lot of altars because they're really personal tributes to the person's relatives. You can see a good example of one at the link above.
Picture 2: A very spherical, monochromatic piñata some little kids got to beat to smithereens. None of the action shots turned out, but the kids looked great dressed up or just having fun. Some adults dressed up as well, mainly as skeletons, but again the photo turnout sucks.
Pictures 3 and 4: An altar for Bob Ross. There were two hoses behind the altar that literally shot water out of holes beneath his eyes into the bucket below. It looked like he was projectile crying, not that it got him down as he is still smiling. I feel ok showing this altar as it was humorous and is for a celebrity.
We also did a thing where everyone holds candles and we walk in the street a ways and call out the names of people who died since the last celebration. There's a lot of humor (some of it surprisingly political) and it's a positive way to look at death, but at the same time it's very personal. The people who participate vary widely, and overlap of cultures makes the holiday differ somewhat by region. What I participate in isn't heavily religious, just an honoring and celebration of those who have died.
Picture 1: Part of an altar for someone's dead cat. I didn't want to photo a lot of altars because they're really personal tributes to the person's relatives. You can see a good example of one at the link above.
Picture 2: A very spherical, monochromatic piñata some little kids got to beat to smithereens. None of the action shots turned out, but the kids looked great dressed up or just having fun. Some adults dressed up as well, mainly as skeletons, but again the photo turnout sucks.
Pictures 3 and 4: An altar for Bob Ross. There were two hoses behind the altar that literally shot water out of holes beneath his eyes into the bucket below. It looked like he was projectile crying, not that it got him down as he is still smiling. I feel ok showing this altar as it was humorous and is for a celebrity.
We also did a thing where everyone holds candles and we walk in the street a ways and call out the names of people who died since the last celebration. There's a lot of humor (some of it surprisingly political) and it's a positive way to look at death, but at the same time it's very personal. The people who participate vary widely, and overlap of cultures makes the holiday differ somewhat by region. What I participate in isn't heavily religious, just an honoring and celebration of those who have died.
