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| - Dias De Los Muertos Event @ Spring Preserve
Day of the Dead is without doubt one of my favorite yearly rituals, and I invite it to become yours too! I became intimately acquainted with DOD while living in San Francisco's Mission District. Skeleton processions, sugar skulls, bright orange marigolds, and offrenda's ablaze with candles and the mementos of past loved ones. Must not forget street Tamale's smothered in rich Mole_ a gift for the Living on this Day of the Dead.
I also think its a great way to give children an understanding of this often tricky-to-discuss topic, far better than the "fluffy cloud" euphimisms we tell our kids when people pass. Day of the Dead is a family event, and what better place to celebrate than at the Life- Affirming Springs Preserve!
We need more public ritual to acknowledge this unavoidable and often transcendent aspect of life, I'm talking about death people. Cuz last time I checked, none of us are getting out of this life alive. So this day belongs to all of us, might as well eat, sing, cry and celebrate while we can.
http://www.springspreserve.org/apps/event/details.cfml?id=206&date=11%2F06%2F2010
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