city at night

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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

Random "Day of the Dead" Photos

Here are some more photos reflecting the festive nature of Mexico City as we approach the Day of the Dead...


A "catrina" (an elegantly dressed skelton) with her skeletal dog outside a coffee shop not far from my apartment.



A vendor parked his van down the street from my apartment to sell a variety of plants.
Of course, there were potted marigolds, the traditional flower of this season.



The balcony of an apartment in my neighborhood, decorated for the Day of the Dead / Halloween season.



A nearby nursery school called "La Casa de Garfield" (a copyright violation?) is decorated for the season.  A big, inflatable black cat stands at the entrance, and in the window is a traditional "ofrenda", the altar in honor of the dead.


I would assume that the photograph on the "ofrenda" is of the founder of the school.



 A "catrina" outside a beauty shop in Polanco



Another "catrina" in Polanco



Workers were planting thousands of marigolds in the median strip of the Paseo de la Reforma.



Outside of a restaurant in Alejandro's neighborhood



Skull mugs in a stall outside the market near Alejandro's house
I asked the vendor if they were made in Mexico, and he said that everything in his stall was "hecho en México¨.



More marigolds for sale near Alejandro's house



This candy vendor's wares included skulls made not of sugar nor of chocolate but of amaranth, a cereal that has been cultivated in Mexico since pre-Hispanic times.


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