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Día de los Muertos en La Paz

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Anoche fuimos a una fiesta de Día de los Muertos. Hubo mucha comida, altares, y grupos bailando, pero para mí lo mejor fueron las Caterinas. Personas vistidas como muertos con caras pintadas como calaveras y ropa vieja. Hubo como treinta de estas. Trajimos la nieta. Al principio ella tenía miedo y no quiso sacar fotos con ellas, pero después un de rato ella decidió que quería verlas Por la demás de la noche, me dijo. Jim, hay otra. Quiero buscar más. Fue un noche impresionante.

Last night we went to a festival for Day of the Dead. There was a lot of food, alters, and dance groups, but for me the best was the Caterinas. People dressed like the Dead with their faces pained like skulls and dressed in old fashioned clothes. There were about thirty of them. We brought the granddaughter. At first, she was afraid and did not want to take pictures with them, but after I little while she changed her mind and wanted to see them. For the rest of the night, whe kept saying, Jim there is another, I want to look for more. It was a great night.

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updated Nov 5, 2014
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf
Suggestions / corrections: en La Paz, mí with accent after para, la nieta...no quería sacar. (or change English to she refused to...), maybe: después de un rato. - Jubilado, Nov 3, 2014
Thanks for adding the bit of culture. - katydew, Nov 3, 2014
Thanks Jubilado. I made all but the querer change. - gringojrf, Nov 3, 2014
Thanks so much, Gringo. :) - rac1, Nov 3, 2014

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¡Qué buena historia! Gracias por compartir una parta de lo que hizo tu familia. Día de los muertos celebra la conexión de los vivientes y los muertos quienes aunque murieron ya disfrutan de andar de fiesta con su parientes vivientes.

What a nice story! Thanks for sharing a part of your family activities. Day of the Dead celebrates the connection of the living with the dead who although they have died still enjoy partying with their living relatives.

updated Nov 4, 2014
posted by Jubilado
I wish I was tech savvy. My wife took a lot of cell phone pictures with Camila and the Catrinas. I would love to post a few but I have no idea how to do it. - gringojrf, Nov 3, 2014
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Como no celebramos esta fiesta en Europa fue muy interesante leer tus noticias. Aquí celebamos ' El día de todos los santos' pero no es ninguna fiesta como la de Méjico. Gracias por compartir, Gringo.

updated Nov 5, 2014
posted by annierats
México. The "j"spelling is wrong. - gringojrf, Nov 3, 2014
hsa, depends where you are! - annierats, Nov 5, 2014
The x and the j are closely connected in history. - annierats, Nov 5, 2014
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I am adding this to the previous post. This is from Puerto Vallarta. Open the link to view many excellent photos of Mexico's Catrinas.

Catrinas

updated Nov 5, 2014
edited by gringojrf
posted by gringojrf