https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/guaguas-de-pan/ Recent content in Guaguas De Pan on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:25:55 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/11/06/an-un-american-halloween-dia-de-los-difuntos/ Sat, 06 Nov 2010 15:25:55 -0400 https://crystal.castle.cc/2010/11/06/an-un-american-halloween-dia-de-los-difuntos/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_6304.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1054" title="IMG_6304" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/img_6304.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="450" /></a></p> <p>While all my stateside friends were partying for Halloween in scandalous, ironic and/or terrifying costumes, a couple of my classmates organized an event with a decidedly more serious tone. Dia de los Difuntos (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead">Day of the Dead</a>) is commonly celebrated on November 1 in former Spanish colonies, coinciding with All Saints Day in the Catholic church. For the occasion, Caro and Rae organized a gathering that combined traditions from their respective countries of Ecuador and the Philippines. Most interesting, you could see how Spanish missionaries were able to integrate elements of Catholicism with indigenous practices of ancestor worship.</p>