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Awareness of the outside world. “Dayofthedead.holiday is dedicated to celebrating all things Dia De Muertos … Our goal is to build the world’s most authoritative website for the Day of the Dead … All of the content on the site comes from professional writers based in Mexico that have experienced the holiday first-hand.” DOTD.H: About.
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Day of the Dead can look weird and creepy in photos. In person, you see how much love goes into the displays.
Dia de los muertos #19, hosted by Bare Hands Gallery, downtown Birmingham. Photos taken November 4, 2021.
There were altars, aka memorials, for private figures, local celebrities, public figures, and political figures. There was even a group altar for people who had no one. As you would expect, the altars were a lot easier to take when they celebrated the end of a long and full life.
Without a mandate to cover the event, it felt too intrusive to take photos of the more personal altars. That’s why you got the stage, Covid, and a cat statue.
Down the Rabbit Hole
Metamorphosis. I saw the lead quote from this on a poster at the Festival. Poetic and apropos. Was planning to insert it here. Research. Turns out it is from a 2009 book. So, not traditional. Also, the full piece is unsettling, if intriguing. You have been warned.
Stay safe. Stay sane.
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
You’re right. The rabbit hole was intriguing. Thank you.
Definitely some original thinking there.