Art Exhibits At The Festival de las Calacas

I mentioned in the last post that some of the artwork from the students or former students of the Casa de la Cultura had been displayed at the Festival de las Calacas.
The first one is done on black paper and is either chalk or chalk pastels, I am not certain which.  I love how the artist got the veil to look so transparent.
The second one definitely has a sly look about her and you can imagine her sneaking around during the Revolution, or maybe I have too active an imagination.
Talented artists in my opinion.
The third one is of the interior of the building where the paintings were displayed.  Part of this building now houses a Spa and another part has the sidewalk cafe where we had our cokes the day before.  It must have been quite the home to live in at one time and is still a lovely building.

Festival de las Calacas

Today we went uptown to view the Festival de las Calacas that they hold each year for the Dia de los Muertos celebrations. The people at the Casa de la Cultura put a lot of work into this festival along with many other people.  The calacas (skeletons) and decorations are made by the people at the Casa de la Cultura and paintings from the classes held there are on display also.  Many of the schools and also private people set up altars to honour people that were important to them in some way, either family members or famous people.  The altars hold things that were important to the people that are being honoured, foods, photos, clothing, some of their possessions, etc..  The altars set up by the schools will be judged later on this evening I believe.
There is also music, food and dancing during the festival.
We wandered around, viewed the altars and art exhibits and then sat down at a street side cafe. We relaxed with a cold coke and people watched for awhile.  We had a great time, very relaxing and enjoyable.
I took lots of pictures and decided to put them into a slideshow rather than posting them all separately.
After we wandered over to the water and walked along the malecon before heading home.  There is something new on the malecon that I will show you in a day or two.
 A great outing with my favorite person.

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