This year, the weather in the afternoon was good: sunny and 47 degrees. Last year, it was wet, cold, and windy, and this was the first cold day of the season. This is about the last event of the year, in which i would like to go out and get pictures. This summer, i missed a bunch of events because of physical discomfort; this began on the return from a Memorial Day parade. My right knee, and by extension the leg was often in pain; also the heat on some days was too much. There were several patches of heat waves, including mid to upper 80s from October 6 to the 10th.
Día de Muertos is both melancholy and happy. When Spanish Christianity came with the conquest of Mexico, the belief in an unending human soul was already there. The indigenous traditions merged with All Saints', and All Souls' Days. Now, yes, we live in a Protestant culture, and one that is very boisterous in its 'Evangelical and Pentecostalist' components, which are not amused by this. Also in secular culture, we have an attraction to the macabre. This can be playful or fearsome. Then we have a death, terror, and gore lust fascination. Día de Muertos is far superior to a zombie crawl.
people entering the church
some patiently wait
applying face paint
Right before the parade, and near the old St. Mary's Romanian Orthodox
campus (now Cleve. Pub. Theatre), the spectators were in a good mood.
The police were incompetent and/or lazy. It was thick with people on
Detroit Avenue, just a few minutes before marching began, and the cars kept
going through. Very easily, one or several people could have been hurt. Right next to me, a man pulled back one of his chilren, whose back was too close to traffic. Councilman Matt Zone was there, if any of you know him, send him a
message.
Mariachi de Santa Cecilia
Some parade participants like greyhounds. Cassius enjoys the attention.
mariposas monarca
Pick up Stix stiltwalkers
next to one of the altares
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