I always look forward to the annual display of "offrendas" at the Desert Botanical Garden's Day of the Dead Celebration. (An offrenda is a collection of objects placed on a ritual display during the Dia de Muertos celebrations.) The one above is paying homage to the loss caused by fires in the Amazon as well as other fires around the world.
This one was paying tribute to the artist's rich cultural heritage and honoring her family for keeping old traditions alive.
The garden always has an offrenda that is called "the community offrenda". It's always surrounded by lots of pretty marigolds, the traditional "flower of the dead". It is said that these flowers use their color and scent to guide the spirits to their respective offrendas during the annual celebrations.
Interesting! Love all the marigolds. They remind me of India, where marigolds are also often used in religious ceremonies.
ReplyDeleteI love these, Sharon! The marigolds that I have on the deck in pots are almost the only flowers left here since the cold weather has come. I hope they are guiding good spirits this way.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea the DBG did this. Beautiful displays.
ReplyDeleteThese are pretty amazing. I have thought I might like to dry doing something like this but forget when it comes time...
ReplyDeleteAll of them are so interesting. I love the colors.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful displays and wonderful colours.
ReplyDeleteIt seems I like more and more traditions, I don't know about others but I'll start to ask.
ReplyDeleteAll wonderful displays Sharon, but the community display in your last shot is incroyable!
ReplyDeleteThe last one is my favourite.
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