Showing posts with label Slow Food Santa Fe Day of the Dead. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Slow Food Santa Fe Day of the Dead. Show all posts

10.31.2011

Day of the Dead - Santa Fe Style

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Photos by C. Whitney-Ward

When I lived in Mexico, the Day of the Dead celebrations were always a treat. Flower 'paintings' filled the plaza and at night we'd meander the cobblestone streets stopping at open windows to admire each family's personal altar. It was truly a celebration of life. But, Santa Fe also does itself proud with a myriad of Day of the Dead celebrations - el Museo Cultural to the International Folk Art Musuem - I tried to capture some of that vibrancy with my camera...Here goes...