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October 24th 2006
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Candy Skulls
Too many to choose from
Got to the "Gigante" supermarket on foot to find everything one could need. Just a block from "Pitico", also a biggish store. Even there they have a display of sugar, amerinth, and chocolate skulls. Brightly colored sugar coffins that a skeleton sits up in when you pull a string. There was a large display of pan de muerto (bread of the dead) a sweet, orange flavored treat with a little head sticking out of it. In the center of the display was a lifesize skeleton made entirely out of bread. Quite a bustling place. Spent the afternoon climbing the hill behind the house, to the communications towers and a 360% view. Its a pastoral scene worthy of Corot, goat herder and all. Saw the house I'd buy in a heartbeat.
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I am a painter/sculptor whose work has been focused on Dia de los Muertos for the past eight years or so, with a Buddhist influence. I will be in Oaxaca de Juarez for five weeks, a trip I've wanted to make for many years. Guanajuato - 2008 Mexico City - 2009 ... full info
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