Marigolds on the Day of the Dead / Cempasúchil para el Día de Muertos
Like the sun, the cempasúchil flowers guide the souls of the dead back to earth. Marigolds (originally ‘Virgin Mary’s Gold’) is a special flower used to commemorate the Day of […]
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Cut-Paper Banners for the Day of the Dead in Mexico
El día de los muertos, on November 2, is a uniquely Mexican take on what the religious calendar calls All Saints Day. A Day of the Dead skeleton holding up […]
Celebrating Halloween (& the Day of the Dead) with Human Skulls
A skull found in the wall of the chapel at Cap Fagnet on the Normandy Coast of France. There’s something about that accidental eyeball sitting inside that corroded skull that […]
‘Day of the Dead’ in Mexico: The Happiest Best-Dressed Skeletons Around!
In Mexico on November 2nd the day the skeletons come out to play. Todos somos calaveras. (We are all skeletons.) José Gudalupe Posada Mexican death bench, skeleton Mariachis celebrating in […]
A Word a Week Challenge: Two Skeletons
In honour of November 1, the Day of the Dead in Mexico, here are a couple of skeletons celebrating the event! For more on this challenge: http://suellewellyn2011.wordpress.com/2013/11/01/a-word-a-week-challenge-two/
A Word a Week Challenge: Pink
Here are some photos from around the world that feature PINK, a colour that seems very popular everywhere! Festive mexican skeletons celebrate the Day of the Dead! A G&T with […]
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