Mr.Duck on 3/11/2007 at 01:16
Following the tradition as every year, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Day of the Dead celebration thread, and to wish you all a muy feliz Dia de los Muertos!
Enjoy the sugar skulls!
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http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/mexicansugarskull/pics/01IndexPix/SkullCascade.jpgA few sugar skulls for your taste buds, watch the sugar rise!
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http://www.wilsonsalmanac.com/images2/calavera_de_la_catrina.gifLa Catrina would like to wish you a very Happy DoD to TTLG!
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http://www.nevadaobserver.com/Mexican%20Revolution%201/Revolution.jpg¡Que vivan las calacas, hijos de su chingada madre!
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http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/9661/mexicowelleraltargc6.jpgHere's a little altar of the dead that I give to TTLG, huzzah!
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http://www.elpayaso.com/pandem.jpgDon't forget to eat some bread of the dead, btw...
Ah, good times...now let me quote some poetry in honor of the DoD (alas, in Spanish, they're called calaveras, skulls in Spanish):
"De verdad
De verdad nos vamos,
De verdad nos vamos.
Dejamos las flores y los cantos,
Todo lo que existe en la tierra.
¡De verdad nos vamos
De verdad nos vamos!"
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La calavera a la prepa Por rumbos de la escuela,
dicen que anda la muerte,
con gran cantidad de ganas
y con muy poco de suerte.
En las aulas de la Prepa
son muy afortunados,
pues dicen que la muerte
les hace los mandados.
Al panteón de la ciudad,
a los maestros se llevaron
y a los chavos de la Prepa,
sin estudios los dejaron.
Los estudiantes, descontentos,
con la huesuda se enojaron
y en la puerta de la Prepa,
a patadas la sacaron.
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Mind you, with all this celebration, food and recitation, let us not forget something to drink with great anticipation
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http://www.mielpura.org/RecetasposadasPictures/champurrado.gifHave some champurrado to wash it all down (it's more a traditional X-Mas drink, but hey...goes good with bread and churros, rar!)
But for people that don't want to break the holidays, here's some atole -->
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http://www.fiestitodo.cc/cursos/imghome/atole.jpgAnyways, that's all for now, enjoy the day, sorry for the delay, have fun anyways, cheers!
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http://agresticism.org/images/furrow/2003_09_grim_fandango_manny.jpgManny Calavera approves of this thread.
Aja on 3/11/2007 at 02:38
Awesome. I've got a Manny Calavera pumpkin I'll post a little later on.
Scots Taffer on 3/11/2007 at 03:08
The Bread of the Dead...
heretic on 3/11/2007 at 03:40
Happy Remembrances Mr. Duck,
A handfull of alfeniques in your direction.
The_Raven on 3/11/2007 at 04:43
Why can't I keep pan de muertos in my suit like Manny Calavera?
Mr.Duck on 3/11/2007 at 08:33
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
The Bread of the Dead...Yeah, sounds like a title for some crappy low-budget terror movie, or a horror comedy :), hah!
Shadow Creepr on 3/11/2007 at 09:31
Happy Day of the Dead, Ducky. :)
Mr.Duck on 3/11/2007 at 20:49
Mind you that the -proper- celebration involves going to your deceased loved one's tombs and fixing'em up, leaving offerings of food and drink that they liked, staying there, offering'em music if they liked and the whole shebang.
Btw...lovely pumpking carvins :) Whose bigmouth supposed to be?, Glottis?
Aja on 4/11/2007 at 02:22
Nah, just some guy.
To be honest, a holiday where you honor the memories of deceased friends and relatives is something we could use over here, especially since it's actually a celebration, not like our depressing funerals.
