Category Archives: day of the dead

“Happy Day of the Dead”

Posted on 2 Nov ’11 by Salted Herring

Feels funny to say “Happy Day of the Dead”.…we prob­a­bly don’t say so, but com­ing some­where so far to this cul­ture, and adopted ‘El Dia de los Muer­tos’ cel­e­bra­tion as one of my favorites I feel like say­ing so. Yes­ter­day I  walked to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Music for the Dead

Posted on 3 Nov ’10 by Salted Herring

In the midst of Day of the Dead cel­e­bra­tions Salted Her­ring is under­go­ing meta­mor­phoses. There is con­fu­sion, and hick-ups try­ing to use the old with the new. I have been shoot­ing video of the Day of the Dead events which … Con­tinue read­ing →

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macario

Posted on 4 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

my pho­tog­ra­pher friend sal­lie and i are big admir­ers of gabriel figueroa’s work. yes­ter­day sal­lie posted some inter­est­ing links to this mex­i­can pho­tog­ra­pher and cin­e­matog­ra­pher. i was thrilled to be able to watch the entire film macario ( in span­ish, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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flor de cucharilla

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

i’m not sure what the name of this plant is (please let me know if you do), but in tal­ented hands it makes beau­ti­ful dec­o­ra­tions for altars etc. the plant has spiky knife­like leaves, and a bulb look­ing fat part … Con­tinue read­ing →

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mojigangas… again

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

the giant parad­ing moji­gangas were out on the streets again Tweet

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centro bilingue

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

cen­tro bilingue on correo street had one of the most beau­ti­ful altars i have ever seen. it was way too mag­nif­i­cent to fit entirely to my small cam­era. here is just a glimpse. Tweet

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a very different altar

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

light hearted altar at the correo street Tweet

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color of ‘twenty flowers’

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

color of the ‘flor de cem­pa­suchil’… isn’t it a mouth­ful! i have to really prac­tice to get it right. in nahu­atl the word means ‘twenty flow­ers’ Tweet

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el dia de los muertos

Posted on 3 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

yes­ter­day, the day of the dead, ceme­tery was full of life. san miguel does not cel­e­brate el dia de los muer­tos with all night vigil as some rural com­mu­ni­ties do in mex­ico, but the day­time cel­e­bra­tions were ever so lively … Con­tinue read­ing →

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duality, life ~ death

Posted on 1 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

mak­ings of the mask; one half sym­bol­izes life, the other half death Tweet

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papel picada

Posted on 1 Nov ’09 by Salted Herring

the town is dec­o­rated with strings and ban­ners of papel pic­ada. yes­ter­day the wind was pretty rough on those ones made of real tis­sue paper. Plas­tic ones are stur­dier, but don’t wave as gracefully…see lower right pic­ture. Tweet

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pan de muertos

Posted on 31 Oct ’09 by Salted Herring

blue door bak­ery at calle relox has beau­ti­ful freshly baked pan de muer­tos, small, medium, and large. i bought a small one. Tweet

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