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Fotoeins Friday, SF Mission: Nuestros muertos no se venden

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“El Día de los Muertos” (The Day of the Dead or All Souls’ Day) takes place annually on 2 November in memory of all who have passed away. The 1st of November is known as All Saints’ Day or All Hallows’ Day; the evening before on 31 October is “All Hallows’ Eve(ning)” whose original Celtic name got shortened to “Hallowe’en” and subsequently “Halloween”.

I’ve been in the City for only a couple of days (2024), and I’ve been moved by the number of orange marigolds, whose Aztec legend stated the sight and scent of the bright orange flowers would lead the wandering dead back to their living families. However, a sobering and pointed sentiment is expressed with this mural in the Mission District: “nuestros muertos no se venden (our dead are not for sale).”

I made the image above with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime on 1 Nov 2024 with the following settings: 1/1000-sec, f/8, ISO2000, and 18.5mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-whI.

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