Day of the Dead - Defibaugh, Denis
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The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. This text supplies background understanding of the beliefs and practices of the observance.

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The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. This text supplies background understanding of the beliefs and practices of the observance.
Autorenporträt
Denis Defibaugh is professor of photography in the Rochester Institute of Technology's School of Photographic Arts and Sciences. His work Family Ties do not Die, The Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico has produced three solo exhibitions in Texas and numerous shows in San Francisco, Miami, Rochester, Buffalo, and Montana. His documentary and travel photographs earned a Fulbright Travel/Study Grant to Mexico in 1993. Ward Albro is professor emeritus at Texas A&M University-Kingsville and founder of Tierra del Sol: Mexico Programs and Services, which organizes historical-cultural tours of Mexico. He lives in Castroville, Texas, and teaches at the University of Texas-San Antonio and the Texas A&M System Center-San Antonio.