Dia De Los Muertos celebration in the San Francisco Mission

[scissorfeet]

So my good friend Leslie and I were walking home from our dinner in the Mission. It looked like a night to be out. There were vendors, altars, and hella people were walking around with their faces painted as skulls (similar to our contingent during last weeks Anti-War mobilization.) It was actually pretty difficult to get around because of the

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HAHHAHAHA

[chocopandan]

omg i just got home from that... i went there to see what it was like for the first time. i actually went to the mission cultural center which was actually good i thought. the art pieces and altars were so beautiful!!!! it made me think about how one day our community could have a large kultural center so big and filled with us celebrating our people's art and community...but i agree... yes HELLLA PUTIS! omg i was like wth... i was talking to my friend about how we'd rather go to mexico to celebrate how it is really done (which we really were thinking about going next year.. omg dia de los muertos in Mexico!!!) than with putis celebrating like it is the castro all over again... if i did see any latinos they were watching with their families (not dressed in skull costumes) or from their windows.. sigh! wish i saw you so we could share our sentiments... =)

besides that the pupusas i had were awesome... yum!!! =P

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[scissorfeet]

We actually went there by accident...well on purpose...to eat...

Isn't Dia de los Muertos on November 1st?

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[chocopandan]

it is 3 days... oct 31 is hallow's eve, nov 1 is all saint's day and nov 2 is day of the dead.... basically it is 3 days of remembering loved ones.