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Showing posts with label DAY OF THE DEAD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DAY OF THE DEAD. Show all posts

Monday, November 3, 2008

EXPLORING OUR CITY ON DIA DE LOS MUERTOS

Native American religious customs and rituals often survived the arrival of Europeans by disguising ancient beliefs with those of theie conquerors. The Mexican peasant celebration of Dia de los Muertos is an important example of this

Day of the Dead 2008 - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

Day of the Dead 2008 - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

Day of the Dead 2008 - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

Our Lady Queen of Angeles - Day of the Dead 2008 - Photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

Monday, October 29, 2007

DEATH IS THE FISHERMAN PHOTOS BY PHYLLIS HANSEN

DEATH CASTS HIS NET FOR ALL OF HUMANKIND
DEATH FAMILY ALTAR
Phyllis Hansen shares these images with the Museum Community. Photographs were taken at the Day of the Dead celebration at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Death is a Fisherman

DEATH is a fisherman, the world we see
His fish-pond is, and we the fishes be;
His net some general sickness; howe'er he
Is not so kind as other fishers be;
For if they take one of the smaller fry,
They throw him in again, he shall not die:
But death is sure to kill all he can get,
And all is fish with him that comes to net.
by Benjamin Franklin, Founder of the United States of America
born 1706
taken by the Fisherman 1790