This girl was all decked out for the Day of the Dead
It’s the Day of the Dead, or Día de Muertos in Spanish. My blogging friend, James at Gallivance, and Google inspired me to post my favorite Day of the Dead skeleton as a quick break from my kayak series. (I’ll get back to kayaking in my next blog.)
Peggy and I found this beauty at the public market in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The purpose of the day is to remember friends and family who have passed on. It’s big in Mexico. And Mexicans have made a fortune in selling representative statues to tourists.
Today, Día de Muertos is a Catholic festival, but it owes its beginning to the Aztecs. People often take the favorite foods of the deceased out to the gravesite so the dead person can feast. Got to keep those ghosts happy. Trick or treat comes to mind.
May all your ghosts be happy ghosts. –Curt
A popular restaurant in Puerto Vallarta features these two singing cuties on its balcony.
A side view of my favorite. Check out the earrings!
Wandering through Time and Place 
With earrings and hair like that it must have been a jealous mermaid who did her in.
She still seems to be smiling as well.
She has a heck of a smile. I’d say she is laughing. –Curt
Thanks for the link to our post Curt. I love the sense of humor and playfulness of DOD art. Anything that can lighten the mood associated with death is a good thing. ~James
Wise words, James.
I can’t help myself. It has to be here.
Linda, I’ll have to get back to you. My flash is out of date. With a lead in like that, I’ll bet it is good. –Curt
Curt, these aren’t your ordinary skeletons! What fun this is to see the embellishments — like the earrings! Thanks for making DOD a fun day.
She was a delightful lady. And what a laugh. 🙂 –Curt
Such a colourful approach to skeletons 😉
She was decked out. I love the sense of humor that goes along with the Day of the Dead. –Curt
Mind-blowing combinations of fashion and death.
A fashionable death? Apparently something to laugh about.
Sugar Skeleton’s are hot…. 🙂
And edible. 🙂