![]() The face is harder to tell, thanks to the makeup, but it looks feminine to me. She was not tall, and she looked womanly. But looking again and remembering her, I am fairly certain. Regarding the woman with blue eyes, I hadn’t questioned whether she was female. It’s very moving to see her altar and hear each of her guests remember their loved ones. What a haunting photo – of a beautiful face! This may sound like an odd question, but are you sure it was a woman? What I see in the photo doesn’t show me enough to make that judgment but it was probably more evident to you who was there in person. Great post, Pam -we’ve bought some art cards and small decorative items with this theme at places like Tesoros, have heard and read about this feast and seen the video of Lucinda Hutson’s celebration on the KUT YouTube Channel but haven’t been to the parade. Her blue eyes were piercing and direct as she locked her gaze on my camera across the busy sidewalk.Īll material © 2006-2008 by Pam Penick for Digging. ![]() Near the end a small float rolled by, from which a woman dangled paper skeletons made of plastic milk jugs next to a coffin inscribed RIP.īut this woman in the crowd, also pictured at the top of this post, mesmerized me more than anyone in the parade. I liked this woman’s tattered and ghostly parasol.Īnd just look at this cute skeleton Chihuahua.Ī big-headed clown might have frightened some children but for the smiling face of the man inside the costume. These Spanish dancers were smiling and lovely in blue flounces and ruffles. I don’t know if they were quite in the spirit of Day of the Dead, but they were fun to see. When it was time, we walked to the corner of 6th and Congress and stood in a crowd of skeletons and other watchers.Īt last the paraders appeared! A troop of Thriller zombies led the way, and I’d love to show them to you but every image was blurred due to the dim light and my unpreparedness for the sight of them shambling down the street. …and voila! A cool Dia de los Muertos souvenir. …she scraped a thin layer of paint across the screen… She’s everywhere these days, isn’t she?Īt one booth, this woman was silk screening posters for people. It is believed that on this day, the dead can cross over to the living and hear their prayers.Īt the festival we saw a large paper-mache Frida Kahlo head. Household altars to departed loved ones may contain photos, offerings of bread and treats, small tokens belonging to the dead, and even humorous poems about them. The holiday comes from a tradition of the Aztecs and other ancient peoples, which was blended with the Catholic observance of All Souls’ Day in Mexico. Despite all the skeletons, the effect wasn’t spooky but family friendly and dignified.ĭay of the Dead isn’t a celebration of the macabre, like Halloween, though it can seem that way to the uninitiated. People dressed to the nines and wearing disconcerting skeleton face paint strolled among paper-mache skeletons, tamale vendors, a craft-a-skeleton-mask booth, and a stage on which a Tejano band played. ![]() Austin is always looking for another reason to wear costumes and throw a party, and why not?īefore the parade began, we enjoyed a mini-street-festival set up behind the museum. The holiday crossed the border into Texas years ago, and 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of the Dia de los Muertos Procession and Celebration in Austin, sponsored by the Mexic-Arte Museum. Its two main symbols are skeletons and marigolds. The dead, dressed in their finest, their hair adorned with real marigolds, led a cheerful procession down 6th Street and Congress Avenue this evening, celebrating Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.ĭia de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday for remembering and honoring friends and family who have died.
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