 We timed our arrival here to catch the Day of all Saints and the Day of the Dead but we needn´t have hurried. As seems to be the case with most Mexican festivals (and there are lots of them) the goal seems to be to enjoy the holiday as long as possible. We are still running across impromtu parades and festivals. Every restaurant, store and home has a lovely shrine to the dead in general and to specific loved one lost in many cases. Besides flowers, candles and pictures the shrines include candy, pan de los muertos (bread of the dead) and beer or mezcal. We enjoyed a great Ballet Folklorico de Oaxaca with the history of the traditions around the holiday. Unfortunatly our Spanish wasn´t up to par with the explanation but the dancing got the gist across. At the end of the show every participant got up and danced while fireworks blazed. Many of the children in the show came down into the crowd to draw friends and family up to dance. The mother sitting next to us didn´t want to dance and insisted that her little boy invite, "La gringa! La gringa!" Sarah found her self in the middle of the festivities with a very handsome (if a bit short) dance partner. I was jealous... but only a little.
-Dirk |
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Hey guys! Carolyn gave me your blog address and I was just checking up on what you're doing. Is it legal to have so much fun? Here sit those of us too dumb to go have fun. So I'll just mope a little while I read final exams, yeah, what fun. On top of it all, you're taking away one of our main reasons for spending Christmas in Vermont. You'll have to answer for that you know!!!!!!
Much love, Lindy
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