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Día de Muertos
This is the last time I spam your f-list with stuff related with "Día de Muertos", I promise.
Anyway, I just wanted to show you some pics of the "ofrendas" I visited this weekend. I'm very sorry for the awful quality, for I don't have a good camera and had to rely on my poor cellphone to take these images instead.
This year, I spent the "Día de Muertos" holidays with my family, who live in a city 40 minutes away from mine. That side of the family (my mothers) has always celebrated this tradition with a lot of enthusiasm, and therefore it's due to them that my love for this day began.
This is the deco outside my family's home. There's my niece (face hidden 'cause I'm paranoid and this is a public entry) and two "calaveras" welcoming you to their place :).
There's my aunt giving the final touches to the "Pan de Muerto" we ate that night. She's sprinkling sugar on top of these breads (made with butter, flour, yeast, sugar and a bit of azahar/orange flower essence).
And this is the ofrenda we mounted for our loved ones. The ofrenda I showed you the other day (at my place) was in honor of our past pets, and this one is for my grandparents, uncles and the rest of the family.
The next day, we went to the "Jardín Borda", a park located at downtown where a "Catrina" contest was taking place. "La Catrina" is an illustration made by José Guadalupe Posadas that depict a female skeleton wearing elegant clothing, and with time it became a well-known symbol of this holiday. The city goverment organized a contest where people all around Cuernavaca made huge sculptures representing "La Catrina" with different materials. Here are my favorite entries:
(I love the paper butterflies)
This one was amazing, for it was made with traditional mexican sweets and candy.
The head was a sugar calavera (skull), and the hat was made of obleas (wafer?) of all colours.
And the skirt was made of several sweets, like lemons (well most of you know them as key limes) filled with candied coconut, obleas, jelly fruits (gomitas), tamarindo con chile, cocadas (coconut and milk candy), jamoncillos, fruit paste, palanquetas (peanut with caramel), marzipan and much more!
Sadly, I do not know who won the contest, for I returned to my city before it was announced. I'll look for it on a local newspaper later.
Finally, here's an "Ofrenda de Muertos" that was dedicated to the mexican artists Frida Kahlo. Seriously, this is one of the most beautiful ofrendas I've ever seen. I'm so sorry that the pictures don't make it justice!
Close up of the food that's usually offered to our dead loved ones, like tamales, mole, calabaza en tacha (candy pumpkin, made with cinnamon, dark sugar and guava), fruit, bread (Pan de Muerto), among other things. If you can see some dark cups in the pic, those are to store and light the "copal" (similar to incense), whose smell also serves as a guide for the souls that visit the ofrenda on Nov. 2nd.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Ah! And one last thing! Nixy at GOS (Garden of Shadows) just published a set of lovely and incredible objects to re-create an Ofrenda de Muertos for the Sims 2. Man! Those awesome objects would have been perfect for my story! ^^ Well, that doesn't mean I'm not going to abuse them next time I have to decorate a lot.
See you next time!
Anyway, I just wanted to show you some pics of the "ofrendas" I visited this weekend. I'm very sorry for the awful quality, for I don't have a good camera and had to rely on my poor cellphone to take these images instead.
This year, I spent the "Día de Muertos" holidays with my family, who live in a city 40 minutes away from mine. That side of the family (my mothers) has always celebrated this tradition with a lot of enthusiasm, and therefore it's due to them that my love for this day began.
This is the deco outside my family's home. There's my niece (face hidden 'cause I'm paranoid and this is a public entry) and two "calaveras" welcoming you to their place :).
There's my aunt giving the final touches to the "Pan de Muerto" we ate that night. She's sprinkling sugar on top of these breads (made with butter, flour, yeast, sugar and a bit of azahar/orange flower essence).
And this is the ofrenda we mounted for our loved ones. The ofrenda I showed you the other day (at my place) was in honor of our past pets, and this one is for my grandparents, uncles and the rest of the family.
The next day, we went to the "Jardín Borda", a park located at downtown where a "Catrina" contest was taking place. "La Catrina" is an illustration made by José Guadalupe Posadas that depict a female skeleton wearing elegant clothing, and with time it became a well-known symbol of this holiday. The city goverment organized a contest where people all around Cuernavaca made huge sculptures representing "La Catrina" with different materials. Here are my favorite entries:
(I love the paper butterflies)
This one was amazing, for it was made with traditional mexican sweets and candy.
The head was a sugar calavera (skull), and the hat was made of obleas (wafer?) of all colours.
And the skirt was made of several sweets, like lemons (well most of you know them as key limes) filled with candied coconut, obleas, jelly fruits (gomitas), tamarindo con chile, cocadas (coconut and milk candy), jamoncillos, fruit paste, palanquetas (peanut with caramel), marzipan and much more!
Sadly, I do not know who won the contest, for I returned to my city before it was announced. I'll look for it on a local newspaper later.
Finally, here's an "Ofrenda de Muertos" that was dedicated to the mexican artists Frida Kahlo. Seriously, this is one of the most beautiful ofrendas I've ever seen. I'm so sorry that the pictures don't make it justice!
Close up of the food that's usually offered to our dead loved ones, like tamales, mole, calabaza en tacha (candy pumpkin, made with cinnamon, dark sugar and guava), fruit, bread (Pan de Muerto), among other things. If you can see some dark cups in the pic, those are to store and light the "copal" (similar to incense), whose smell also serves as a guide for the souls that visit the ofrenda on Nov. 2nd.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Ah! And one last thing! Nixy at GOS (Garden of Shadows) just published a set of lovely and incredible objects to re-create an Ofrenda de Muertos for the Sims 2. Man! Those awesome objects would have been perfect for my story! ^^ Well, that doesn't mean I'm not going to abuse them next time I have to decorate a lot.
See you next time!