Día de los Muertos countdown: Is Halloween a gangrened limb?
A border buddy of mine wrote to me about Día de los Muertos:
Día de los Muertos is becoming more and more popular in California. This is because Halloween has become more and more empty of spirituality. Once, Halloween was celebrated as a spiritual practice. As time has passed it has become another limb of [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: Bareto's "Ya se ha muerto mi abuelo "
What do you think of this canción?
Bareto “Ya se ha muerto mi abuelo” by autumns_child
I got the lyrics from a post on the roots of Chicha (a type of music). I couldn’t hear “eating suri” but I’d like to hear the version of the song that has that line!
The first two verses [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: Oaxaca
I hope you enjoy this video about Día de los Muertos in Oaxaca.
Here’s an excerpt of a post from Oaxaca Cultural Navigator that Nancy Lorenza Green, artist and poet, told me about:
Dia de Los Muertos: Day of the Dead in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca
Janet and her brother Eric just completed a Day of the Dead [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: What happens to the food on the altar?
We never eat the food set out on the altar for the muertos and my friend Rosanna Salgado McDonald tells us why:
My grandmothers said that they prepared food for the spirits of our
relatives, but that we shouldn’t try to eat the food after Día de los
Muertos has passed. She said the spirits took the flavor [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: metro muertos
Muertos are everywhere in Mexico City, even in the metro.
Día de los Muertos countdown: La Muerte by El Gran Combo
Infectious. La Muerte.
Día de los Muertos countdown: El Festival de las Calaveras
Pascual’s Skeleton sings a song
Without any pain or dread
Although half a leg is really gone
Still a flower sits upon his head.
La Calaca Pascuala canta
Sin pena ni temor
Aunque le falte una pata
Y en el sombrero lleve una flor.
That’s my favorite passage in El Festival de las Calaveras/The Festival of Bones, a bilingual book with captivating illustrations [...]
Día de los Muertos countdown: musica para muertos
If you and the family want to move the house with the muertos, check this out:
NekstOne – Live from Bodega De Los Muertos by nekstone
Día de los Muertos countdown: muertos going public
The visiting dead aren’t spoken about freely in most places in the U.S., probably because people will think you’re nuts if you talk about them (the muertos/the dead). It was refreshing to hear one of my Japanese students, Sho, blame a mischievous spirit on keeping him up late at night. Throughout several classes, he kept [...]