Gap-toothed little girl running skeleton, blond pitbull skeleton walking his human skeleton, Aztec dancer skeletons, Marie Antoinette-esque skeleton brought to life by a sexy & pudgy young man, little kid skeletons seated on a float chanting "No more bullies," shinny and bouncing lowrider cars crammed full of skeleton families, a Daddy skeleton riding a bike with two little daughter skeletons perched on the coffin-on-wheels he was propelling, about twenty skeletons flying rainbow streamers and banners for queer pride, a fifteen foot tall marionette skeleton, leather-jacketed skeletons on Harley Davidson motorcycles...
I loved my first Albuquerque Día de Muertos Parade!
Photos borrowed from the Muertos y Marigolds FB page.
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I can't believe I missed this. Thank you for the photographs!
It was yesterday in the South Valley. Ugh! Now I'm kicking myself for not having called you.
Next year: it's a date!
But, of course, I hope to be seeing you MUCH sooner. As soon as I escape my three week stint as a Visiting Scholar at UNM, I would love to meet up again. It's a lot of work, but I'm thoroughly enjoying this wonderful, nerdy stint! (O.k. back to work.)
Wow! Qué chévere se ve esta parada!
¡Sí! Pensé mucho en ti, en Tanya y Guaro. Ya me imaginaba una mega-escultura esquelética de Guaro en medio de la Parada.
Vámonos paya el año que viene! Y yari vestida de esqueleto!
¡Yo digo que mejor TODOS vestidos de esqueletos!
Hola chica!
Do they have these parades in NYC? Cool pictures! Thanks for sharing.
Hola Lore! I've never heard of Dia de Muertos parades in New York. But there are indoor Mexican-style Dia de Muertos celebrations that now I wish I had gone to.
The Caribbean way of celebrating Dia de Muertos is what I've participated in and treasure it. But the Mexican way is such a playful approach. I love it! How does it get celebrated in Ecuador?
When I lived in the San Francisco Mission District there was a big Day of the Dead celebration. I miss it, and the culture.
I just went to the Mission for the first time this Fall and loved it. I can only imagine what it's like during the Parade.
I hope you are enjoying Talihina to the maximum!
Oops, I just saw your response! Sorry for the delay in my answer.
Let's see, in Ecuador el 2 de Noviembre is a gloomier event. Basically it consists of visiting the cemetery with flowers (the tradition used to be to leave food for the deceased (or eat with them). Some Indian tribes still do.) But nowadays, people just visit the dead and go home and eat "guaguas de pan" (bread in the shape of a kid). In quichua "guagua" means "kid" (not bus, like in Central America and the Caribbean.) We eat this bread with a drink called "colada morada" which is a kind of avena mixed with pineapple, blackberries, etc.
Go here to see some pictures and recipes (in the second page is the recipe for the colada morada. It's yummy!)
http://www.goecuador.com/magazine/ecuadorian-recipes/guaguas-pan-ecuador.html
MMmmm... both the guaguas and the colada sound good!
I wonder why it is that the bread is shaped like a kid. I guess there must be some symbolism to that. Right?
Gracias por la conversación, Lore. Un beso.
Good question! Here's a brief history of the "guaguas de pan" and what they mean:
http://www.tstastybits.com/2011/10/colada-morada-y-guaguas-de-pan-an-ecuadorian-tradition-during-all-souls-day
Besos.
PS. I disagree with the author of this article in that she claims that the name "Dia de los Muertos" is offensive in Ecuador. It's true that we mostly call it "Dia de los Difuntos" but I've never heard of anybody being offended by the other term.
Thanks for that fascinating info, Lore. The guaguas de pan pictured in this link are so beautiful.
Have you had the Uchucuta drink that the author mentions? Sounds more like a soup than a drink! I would love to try it.
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