Festival De La Calaca Part Three

Here are the last photos from the Festival de la Calaca held on November 1st here in Guaymas.
Young lady dressed up in the parade.

Little dancers on one of the stages.

Cut paper banners on all the streets. Very intricate and pretty.

Festival De La Calaca Part Two

More of the Calacas that were set up for the festival on November 1st for Day of the Dead.

Lucha Libre. There were lots of people looking and commenting on this one.

Festival De La Calaca Part One

On November 1st they had a celebration in centro for the Day of the Dead, it was called the Festival of the Calaca. Here are some photos of the Calacas that were set up to meet and greet the people attending the festival.

Dia De Los Muertos--Day Of The Dead Part Two

Here are some more photos of the altars that were set up downtown for the Day of the Dead.

Dia De Los Muertos--Day of the Dead Part One

On Saturday we went uptown to see the altars for the Day of the Dead, Dia de los Muertos. The Casa de la Cultura in co-ordination with other groups were holding the Festival de la Calaca. There was a parade from the Casa de la Cultura to the square in centro where the festival was being held. Many of the schools had gotten the children to make altars, as well as other groups and members of the public. There were a couple of stages set up with entertainment and some of the buildings were open to the public with displays of artwork and photography. We really enjoyed looking at the old photos of Guaymas, things certainly have changed over the years.

Here are some photos of the altars that were set up in the square.

Cynthias School

Day of the Dead Altars

Day of the Dead Altars

We returned downtown to centro this evening to see the altars for the Day of the Dead. It was all set up this time, now that we had the time correct, and it was also very busy.

The altars were very interesting, a couple were for famous people, such as the last Pope and Frida Kahlo, while others were for peoples family members. The papel picados (cut tissue paper) were quite simple for some and others were more elaborate. If you look closely at the photos you can see skulls, etc. cut into some of the tissues.

Different groups such as the Seri and Yaqui indians, also had areas set up to showcase their cultures. We watched a slideshow put on by the Seri indians and a couple of dances put on by the Yaqui indian children. We watched another dance which consisted of spirits from different walks of life all dancing together. We also looked at some paintings and some other art that was set up.

All in all it was an interesting experience and we were glad that we went back to see it.
The first few photos I took weren’t very good as I had the camera on the wrong setting, as soon as I changed it things improved immensely.