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Lady Freedom Returns

(14,120 posts) Fri Nov 7, 2014, 04:42 PM Nov 2014

Dia de los Muertos!

Dia de los Muertos: A Celebration of Life. Read about the traditions and history behind one of Tucson's most unique celebrations - All Souls Procession: http://bit.ly/1xdB5K6.

For info on the Sunday Procession, go to http://allsoulsprocession.org/archives/1902

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Dia de los Muertos! (Original Post) Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 OP

shouldn't it be a serious holiday? Mosby Nov 2014 #1

Well it is and isn't... Lady Freedom Returns Nov 2014 #2

Mosby

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1. shouldn't it be a serious holiday?

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Fri Nov 7, 2014, 06:07 PM

Nov 2014

It's similar to Kever Avot not Carnival.

Lady Freedom Returns

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2. Well it is and isn't...

Reply to Mosby (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 8, 2014, 07:11 PM

Nov 2014

It is serious for the most part, as one sees at the cemetery sites. But is also a party for the dead, a carnival if you will, to calibrate that they are not suffering here with the rest of us anymore.

Best thing I can give an example of is like one may see in Louisianan. The prepossession to the grave is reverent, the band leading the way plays the death march. But when living the cemetery , it breaks out into a party, every one is happy and remembering all the good things about the deceased and is happy he is in a better place.

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