Day Of The Crazies Parade 2015
by John Kolenberg
Title
Day Of The Crazies Parade 2015
Artist
John Kolenberg
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Photograph - Photograph/digital Art/photo Painting
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a picture i took from a friends roof top allowing me a birds eye view of a parade that happens in san miguel de allende every june..photo taken and enhanced by me. As the story goes � �back in the 17th and 18th centuries, Catholic priests introduced San Pascual Bailon as the patron saint of field workers and kitchen workers. The newly converted Mexicans celebrated his �day� on May 17 by decorating themselves with tools and other symbols of their labor and dancing to the sounds of pagan flutes and drums.�
To keep the paraders and observers separated, some paraders were dressed as scarecrows and their characteristic movements were described as �loco,� i.e., crazy. Somewhere along the way, paraders dressed as clowns replaced the field and kitchen workers, though the music and the dances stayed the same.
Nowadays, neighborhood groups or groups of workers join together to make elaborate special costumes. Almost all have bands or recorded music which competes in a glorious cacophony that is so characteristic of Mexico.
Day of the Crazies is Mexico at its best � happy families making noise in a blend of religious and pagan celebrations. Just one of the reasons San Miguel is now in the top ten of tourist destinations worldwide!
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October 16th, 2015
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