Hope you enjoy the pics and look at the older posts for earlier entries. Buen dia!
Mexico Vacation 2012
I'm heading to Mexico for Dia de Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, a celebration that unites pre-Columbian cultural practices with Catholic religious ceremony and ritual. My friend Cate and I will travel to Oaxaca in southern Mexico where the traditional celebrations are beautiful and colorful.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Leaving the Land of Light and Color
Hope you enjoy the pics and look at the older posts for earlier entries. Buen dia!
My last day in Oaxaca
The church pictured is the Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman and I got there just as wedding guests were releasing a flight of balloon doves. I hung around, shopped around and then got to see the happy couple emerge from the church with all the spectacle of musicians, dancers and paper mache bride and groom leading a processional down the street. All in a day!
Casa Colonial in Oaxaca
Check it out at this site: www.casa-colonial.com
Jane is a collector of art and crafts and Casa Colonial is filled with beautiful objects. She also appears in art pieces and you can see her in the painting with Frida Khalo, Jane is on the right. One of her favorite artists is Rodolfo Morales and there were some fabulous pieces in Jane's collection.
See some of his art at www.indigoarts.com/gallery_oaxaca_morales1.html
There was a traditional Dio de Los Muertos altar set up for Thorny who is pictured in that altar.
Thursday in Oaxaca and the Pantheon General
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www.comalberkeley.com/what-is-a-tlayuda/
Other shots are around the zocalo, the town center, and later at the Pantheon General, the city cemetary. This was such a beautiful place and my camera does not do it justice. That evening, Jane, the owner of Casa Colonial, where we stayed, had a party in honor of her husband who died about 4 years ago in a car accident. Her large community gathered at his gravesite in the Pantheon General, there was music, mezcal and tamales for all. There was such a show of support and care, the gathering honored her husband, his memory and those that still love and care for him and for Jane.
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