{"id":12194,"date":"2020-04-18T05:40:09","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=12194"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T12:10:13","slug":"dia-de-los-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mywalkabout.net\/?p=12194","title":{"rendered":"Dia De Los Muertos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I come down off the mountain<\/strong> and into the city. Ever since moving to Arizona, I’ve been searching for an authentic Dia De Los Muertos<\/a> festival. It’s the weekend before Halloween and a few festivals are going on in the Valley of the Sun, but I choose one close to home, in downtown Mesa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is my first<\/strong> such festival, so I have high hopes but no real expectations. I enjoy a cold cerveza and listen to Mexican heritage music under a canopy of bright colors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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The festival<\/strong> is kind of a bust for me, but I do enjoy some of the musical acts. What made this trip worth it though was one artist’s booth, showcasing classic Mexican painted skulls in unique ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the community around me celebrates<\/strong> life during the Day of the Dead, I now think about our current social distancing guidelines, our global pandemic, and the rising death toll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Will our lives return to the normalcy<\/strong> that we once knew, or will we all be wearing masks, bandanas, and painted skulls to contain the microscopic killer that potentially lies within all of us?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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