Pics: Dia de los Muertos raises spiritsPhotos by Rebecca Bowe
A few images from San Francisco's well-attended and festive celebration of Dia de los Muertos, on Nov. 2 in the Mission.
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How can you tell that the gentrification of the Mission District is complete? When there are no pictures of Latinos in the coverage of Dia de los Muertos. Congratulations Burning Man idiots you have co-opted yet another group's holiday.
Posted by JohnnyUtah | November 3, 2009 02:02 PM
I thought about that a lot, too, Johnny, as I walked the procession for my fifth time last night. It certainly was a lot bigger and a lot more burner than before, I kind of think Facebook's recent rise had a lot to do with that, and also better work getting the word out on the part of the organizers. (Also, the timinmg of the Halloween weekend meant the celebrations lasted a lot longer than usual, so people were on a dress-up bender.)
But I'm also not so sure that the fact that a lot more white people took part is a symbol of the death of Latino culture. White people die, too, and adopting other peoples' rituals is totally the norm when it comes to grief. Of course, most people were there not to grieve but to gawk and cavort. I'm not so sure that's a bad thing. I actually noticed more Latino-looking people than in previous years as well.
The knee-jerk reaction may be disgust at the sea of whiteness, but should everything be kept so insular in our city? Do you object to all the straight people who come to Pride, or all the Latino, Black, and Asian people who come out for Halloween night? Maybe I'm being specious ... but I don't know if cultural tourism necessarily equals gentrification.
Posted by Marke B. | November 3, 2009 06:20 PM