tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post113124225537881718..comments2024-01-29T13:44:58.835-08:00Comments on mad organica: Dia de los Muertos (Click on pictures for full-sized fun!)Diz Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1139633813950670442006-02-10T20:56:00.000-08:002006-02-10T20:56:00.000-08:00i once read that you can tell a lot about a cultur...i once read that you can tell a lot about a culture by their attitude toward death. i've found this to be quite true.<BR/>i have a dia de los muertos party with my class every year. a few parents think i rock while most others go, "ewwww! creepy!"<BR/>doin' my part, one kid at a time.<BR/>(Oh! i recently acquired sugar skull molds for next year!"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131389119131498832005-11-07T10:45:00.000-08:002005-11-07T10:45:00.000-08:00I had to get the dress! Without catching a family...I had to get the dress! Without catching a family-style beat down.<BR/><BR/>Since I didn't have a quinceanera, I'm so gonna have one on my 40th birthday and call it my cuarentanera.Diz Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131388504275356192005-11-07T10:35:00.000-08:002005-11-07T10:35:00.000-08:00Fabulous! What fun! I love all the pics especially...Fabulous! What fun! I love all the pics especially the one behind the bushes. So random and wierd. You're girls are so lucky you take them on such great adventures! xoxo- MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131372143720907072005-11-07T06:02:00.000-08:002005-11-07T06:02:00.000-08:00Bravo! Great photodocumentary. Like la vie, I hard...Bravo! Great photodocumentary. Like la vie, I hardly knew a thing about the Day of the Dead until I was an adult, but oh how I love it. I'd like to go to a celebration like this someday.Marigoldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652950080530484536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131343468979691122005-11-06T22:04:00.000-08:002005-11-06T22:04:00.000-08:00wow, what amazing costumes and masks, how wonderfu...wow, what amazing costumes and masks, how wonderfulkath redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04776051454757871435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131324920019948442005-11-06T16:55:00.000-08:002005-11-06T16:55:00.000-08:00What a cool day! ~mamaWhat a cool day! ~mamaMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365440266736016539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131322045741951132005-11-06T16:07:00.000-08:002005-11-06T16:07:00.000-08:00I love dia de los muertos. I love the sketeton pa...I love dia de los muertos. I love the sketeton painting on the hands. It is so beautiful the honoring of the dead. Instead of being scared of death. What a great thing to teach your children!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131287468722031232005-11-06T06:31:00.000-08:002005-11-06T06:31:00.000-08:00I love day of the dead and especially all the skel...I love day of the dead and especially all the skeleton art ~ I think it must be my Cali roots.kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471813805433407905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131256288037767332005-11-05T21:51:00.000-08:002005-11-05T21:51:00.000-08:00Since the day of dead originated from the Aztec cu...Since the day of dead originated from the Aztec culture, I'm pretty sure the bible belt would consider this pagan, if simply because of the talking skeletons and the casualness about death. This comes from the root belief – like that of most indigenous religions -- that death is a natural cycle of life. But DotD is mostly about remembering and honoring family and celebrating our own lives; seizing each day, really. And Jesus is always on the altar somewhere!<BR/><BR/>But this is what I really like about you La Vie, you are open and nonjudgmental to new things even if those that surround you might advise otherwise. I notice this openness in all your posts around blogworld. It's a great quality.Diz Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1131251285184496222005-11-05T20:28:00.000-08:002005-11-05T20:28:00.000-08:00i'm not latin american but i love the dia de los m...i'm not latin american but i love the dia de los muertos celebration also. great series of pictures.kikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798081068914002682noreply@blogger.com