Este fin de semana es Dia de los muertos.. y me encanta!!
I spent hours of the last afternoon and night roaming around the bonita cementario. Muchos altars, flowers, people, music.. traditional hot chocolate and pan de muerta (dead bread). This morning I went to lay flowers with my Oaxacan family.. tonight off to another large cementario just out of the city.. and tomorrow a feast con mi familia. Arriba!!
I went out during the week and had my first night with Mezcal.. I don't know if it is my Spanish school or the Mezcal but the entire night I spoke spanish - yes, at the level of an 10 year old, granted, but it's my second week?! I might go so far as to say, think I like spanish better than English?
There is an amasing amount of art and creativity here.. all the houses, shops, streets, cementarios are colourful and embellished. Heaps of galleries and street art..
I was introduced to a local artist who makes tattoos and I guess you can fill in the blanks.. I went to his casa where he has a great studio full of books, art and exotic objects including several sets of falseteeth!! I did a rough drawing and showed him some folk art that I bought here and he drew straight onto my skin - no stencil!.. so once again I am a sore but happy chica!!
Hasta pronto muchachos xxxx
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