Here is my first post on Day of the Dead festivities. (=
1. There are much more people arriving. All the families that are coming to visit my PLU comraderies are coming this week. There are a ton more tourists in town. PLU President Loren J. Anderson is coming on Thursday; his first trip to Oaxaca! AND....there are so many new students for these few weeks at the ICO that we have a new host student in the house! (well...she lives in the apartments in back) Her name is Deborah: 60 year old massage therapist from New Mexico who decided that she wanted to learn Spanish on a wedding trip in Mexico when she saw a turtle laying eggs. Very hippie and chill (= I want her to give me a massage lol.
2. The markets are beginning to fill with Muertos decorations for
houses and for the altars.
3. (biggest happening) I have begun to make my mask for our Mezcal and music filled parade! Today was the first step....make the mold to your face. First you have to smear vasoline all over (like I NEED more grease on my face when I can't find normal face wash here), then people put strips of the stuff you use to make casts all over our face with water. And then it dries and wallah! I can't wait for tomorrow!
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