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Locos Day II

Locos Day II

….monsters, clowns, men dressed as women, Mexican entertainers, politicians, sweet cartoon characters, costumes related to Mexican history……

 

Locos Day I

Locos Day I

On Sunday, June 13th, San Miguel celebrated Locos Day. This carnival type festival was originally an act of faith and devotion that began in the …

 

cherished memories II

cherished memories II

butoh performers at cervantino festival 2009

 

cherished memories

cherished memories

butoh performermers at cervantino festival 2009

 

The Locos are coming

The Locos are coming

Next Sunday there will be big carneval in town, it is the day of the Locos. There is a whole story to tell….later. Now the …

 

Niño, Negro, and Juan at work

Niño, Negro, and Juan at work

With the Picture of the Day #12 posting I mentioned of Carolina’s garden soil home delivery. Here is the visual story…. and the garden is …

 

Picture of the Day #12

Picture of the Day #12

My friend Carolina has beautiful new garden that needed fresh garden soil….she got home delivery right to her garden….see next posting for details of this …

 

Picture of the Day #3

Picture of the Day #3

In Mexico, masks are used as part of the tradition of the village festival, honoring saint’s days and major Christian holidays. Participants fulfill religious vows …

 

Good Friday, final cut

Good Friday, final cut

Good Friday, the holiest of the Holy Week, the reenactment of biblical history…trial, via dolorosa, finally leading to crucifixion. this is what happened in my …

 

Good Friday in San Luis Rey VI

Good Friday in San Luis Rey VI

at the roof…the best ’seats’ for viewing the trial… but the view from the street was fine also…