Ofrendas y altares

 

Before St. Mary Romanian Orthodox moved to Warren Road, they had the first Romanian church in America here 1905 on Detroit of Ohio City. The campus was sold to Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox in 1960.  Now it belongs to Cleveland Public Theater, and for a number of years it has been the site for Dia de los Muertos. Here before the old iconostasis is a splendid altare. Before Meso-America was christianised, they remembered their departed dead. Whether one considers this a blending with All Saints and All Souls Days, or an example of religious syncretism. it is a comfortable and cohesive fit. Among popular usage, the religious continues. The secular Hallowe'en of the United States had been spooky, and not holy; and it has degenerated into the gory and psychotic artistically.

 

Other parts of the campus have other installations. At 3.30pm there is a parade on Detroit. Covid-19 cancelled the celebration last year. This year, the parking lot has more walking room, and vendor booths are using some of it. To enter the old church, and the old parish hall medical face masks are necessary. See previous:  2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013.

 

To-day, it was rainy early, and is expected to be rainy late. We go there about noon, and it was dry; but we could not stay as long as we wanted. It is a very good festival. Cleveland has been expanding its festival and parade seasons. Before it started with St. Patrick's Day, now it is with the pre-Lenten Kurentovanje. It ended with Columbus Day, now the de los Muertos ends it. The enthusiasm for Armistice Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas parades and festivals is gone; and the weather is rarely pleasant.

 

Infra, is a katrina skeleton. José Guadalupe Posada was an cartoonist who mocked the dictator Porfirio Díaz. During the Porfiriato (1876-1910), the standard for fashion was expensive, and aristocratic French. No matter how you dress us, we will all end up as naked bones—memento mori.

Part of the altare for Murphy of Trinidad, who was a guest artist at the Parade the circle. That saw is not new, it looks like it was from when Kennedy was president. On the opposite ladder there was a sander, most carpentry power tools are now powered through batteries.

many items stand out for attention

Cassie is a female greyhound with her people. Karma is on the right. Both are females, greyhounds have varying sizes.

Mexican art styles are attractively done.

 

Mexico City's Ángel de la Independencia is on the left, Palacio de Bellas Artes Opera House on the right.