Comments on: Day of the Dead, Lord of Life http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/10/day-of-the-dead-lord-of-life/ Truth Will Prevail Fri, 25 May 2012 14:35:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Russ Frandsen http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/10/day-of-the-dead-lord-of-life/#comment-301727 Russ Frandsen Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:34:19 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10003#comment-301727 Rosalynde, You always write so wonderfully. You have such breadth of knowledge of art, history and literature. Please write a book! Russ Frandsen Rosalynde,
You always write so wonderfully. You have such breadth of knowledge of art, history and literature. Please write a book!

Russ Frandsen

]]> By: Kaimi Wenger http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/10/day-of-the-dead-lord-of-life/#comment-301726 Kaimi Wenger Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:06:51 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10003#comment-301726 We celebrate as well. One good thing about living in San Diego is that you can find genuine sugar skulls. I think it's a very Mormon holiday -- turning the hearts of the children to the fathers. We celebrate as well. One good thing about living in San Diego is that you can find genuine sugar skulls. I think it’s a very Mormon holiday — turning the hearts of the children to the fathers.

]]> By: FoxyJ http://timesandseasons.org/index.php/2009/10/day-of-the-dead-lord-of-life/#comment-301708 FoxyJ Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:28:40 +0000 http://timesandseasons.org/?p=10003#comment-301708 There is a cool painting from the recent Church art contest that depicts a Mexican woman going to the cemetary for Day of the Dead, holding both some marigolds (traditional flowers) and her Book of Mormon. I think that Mormon ideas about death and celebrating the family mesh well with the traditions of many cultures that honor and remember ancestors. In mainstream America that isn't quite as strong of a tradition. While serving a mission I noticed that some of my companions were surprised by the ease in which many accepted the idea that we believe that family bonds continue beyond the grave; even if their religion does not explicitly teach it, for many people it seems to be a given. Last year my daughter attended a Spanish-language immersion school, and I teach Spanish, so we have incorporated a bit of Day of the Dead into our family celebrations. Sunday I will probably cook some of the favorite foods of my grandparents and we will look at their pictures and talk about family history. If we lived closer to any cemetaries where they are buried I would pay a visit, but we have to do that during the summer when we are on vacation. There is a cool painting from the recent Church art contest that depicts a Mexican woman going to the cemetary for Day of the Dead, holding both some marigolds (traditional flowers) and her Book of Mormon. I think that Mormon ideas about death and celebrating the family mesh well with the traditions of many cultures that honor and remember ancestors. In mainstream America that isn’t quite as strong of a tradition. While serving a mission I noticed that some of my companions were surprised by the ease in which many accepted the idea that we believe that family bonds continue beyond the grave; even if their religion does not explicitly teach it, for many people it seems to be a given.

Last year my daughter attended a Spanish-language immersion school, and I teach Spanish, so we have incorporated a bit of Day of the Dead into our family celebrations. Sunday I will probably cook some of the favorite foods of my grandparents and we will look at their pictures and talk about family history. If we lived closer to any cemetaries where they are buried I would pay a visit, but we have to do that during the summer when we are on vacation.

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