tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post9130282646804529398..comments2024-02-23T02:48:33.276-06:00Comments on BABSBLOG: Dia de Muertos - An Unexpected EveningBabshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-37482924364256778252012-11-03T19:05:37.353-06:002012-11-03T19:05:37.353-06:00These parades were all about people dressing as ca...These parades were all about people dressing as catrinas. Something that is done in other cities, but is new to San Miguel, I've been told. Hmmmm.<br />This is the first year I've seen children trick or treating too. <br />Steve, it is often the teenagers who do all the work on the altars for the various groups who want them. I thought your altars looked very traditional to the ones I've seen in Tlaxcala, Puebla, Patzcuaro, San Miguel and everywhere else. I had no sense of Halloween from them.Babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16609157345912932083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-64467269389975274102012-11-03T08:45:52.369-06:002012-11-03T08:45:52.369-06:00A Mexican friend in Melaque told me that over here...A Mexican friend in Melaque told me that over here on the beach Mexicans are getting far more comfortable with treating the day like Halloween -- more as a party than a remembrance. Even the booths the teenagers put together in the jardin had that feel. Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-38882298852970904432012-11-03T05:36:34.796-06:002012-11-03T05:36:34.796-06:00Looks like a celebration of Zombies. Very differe...Looks like a celebration of Zombies. Very different, for sure.picklesandroses.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07656580922367962385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34246214.post-7003127161459545102012-11-02T22:40:46.379-06:002012-11-02T22:40:46.379-06:00It looks like they're having fun in the Jardin...It looks like they're having fun in the Jardin - maybe a different bunch are remembering in the cemetary. Thanks for the photos.billowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02574400190695079923noreply@blogger.com