Los Angeles celebrates Día de Los Muertos 2012! (part two)
Happy Día de Los Muertos! Today, November 1, and tomorrow, November 2 are the actual days, though of course we in LA like to conveniently have weekend celebrations. And I hope everyone had a fun Halloween (I did attend WeHo’s street carnival yesterday, but barely took photos, so probably no post this year).
In any event, here’s part 2 of 2 — the last of my Day of the Dead photo spam.
This peacock was housed in a large cage with many of his friends during the event. I assume that these peacocks wander freely around the cemetery during the day, though I never saw any during my daytime visit a few years ago. This was taken during the day, though I felt kind of bad that they were constantly being startled by flashbulbs at night.
I haven’t looked at my photos from last year, but I’m sure that I must have a near identical one of this couple. It was nice to see some of the same families here . . . kind of like, oh, I know you !
Now this could be tricky, but you may be able spot me in one of the photos below. I told myself after last year’s event that I’d get with the program this year, but still ended up scrambling at the last minute (though it turned out to be easier than I thought — just some white face paint from a few Halloweens ago, and basic makeup stuff. It was fun, and I definitely need to try more creative stuff next year . . . like maybe find a few more unsuspecting faces to try my artwork).
This was one of the altars where you can write down the names of your departed loved ones on wooden sticks and leave at the altar to be blessed. I wrote down the names of my dad and a dear friend (no worries, both was a long time ago).
One of the girls squealed “I’m going to die”, to which her dad came back with “well, you’ve come to the right place”. Perfect response! I should add that people were very respectful and avoided stepping on the tombstones during the day, though at night that was mostly unavoidable if you want a close look at the altars. And of course kids will always have their fun.
As always, thanks so much for visiting. Maybe I’ll see you at next year’s celebration at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
P.S. If you get the chance, take a look at this short news article explaining the history of of Day of the Dead (or there’s always Wikipedia).
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amazing costumes and photographs…Thank you dear Lauren, love, nia
Nia, thank you (and I don’t know how you manage to keep up with everyone!).
wow all pictures are amazing!
and that dead pink bunny is so cute 
I think i like this second part better than the first one
Thanks Sandrah. I wish I’d bought the bunny or one of the other “dead” animals
I just love your annual coverage of this event, Lauren. You terrific eye for the color, detail and sly humor is always a treat. Thank you for this year’s extravaganza!
Laurn lovely as ever! I was suppose to go to the one in Tucson and of course I had to work this weekend…so that didn’t happen. I hope next year I’ll luck out and maybe go to the children’s all souls procession.
Hi Dina — a children’s procession would be really lovely. We didn’t have that here, at least not that I know of. Hope you’re doing well (and nice to see your “little man” growing and looking so happy.
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Beautiful set of ‘Día de los Muertos’. Excellent!