Day Of The Death celebration, Saturday, October 31st. 4-10pm Artscape Wychwood Barns
As our traditional celebration of The Day of the Dead aproaches, I can't help to think of the concept of Death. We Mexican people (and I'm learning now how other people in Latin America as well have the same celebration) make out of this time a year a big and joyfull Fiesta in honour of those loved ones who have passed away. We have nurtured over the centuries the idea of giving Death a special place in our lives. We like to embrace the belief that around this time a year, we can have a loving, open and very much expected communication with our Deceased Loved ones, so we make preparations such as special food and decorations. We select their preferred kind of beverages, desserts, and other comfort items that in life they used to enjoy, and we set an Altar as a welcoming token for them. We sing songs, dance certain traditional dances and place lots and lots of candles and orange and yellow flowers around the house and on the Cemeteries all over Mexico, because this is a not only...