Grateful For Music Challenge Day 2: Feliz Día de los Muertos!
HAPPY "DAY OF THE DEAD"
OR
Feliz Día de los Muertos!
I love learning about other cultures and their holidays, practices, beliefs, etc. This year I have been learning more about the traditional Mexican holiday "Day of the Dead" or Día de los Muertos as today is the biggest day of celebration for the holiday as well as the concluding day. Below I will link some of the articles I have been reading to learn more about this amazing holiday:
I love this article! It is so well written it brought tears to my eyes. I love how this tradition can take the tragedy of death and make it something positive by celebrating the life of deceased loved ones! And the thought that they come back to be among us as we remember them is a sweet sentiment.
Example of an ofrenda. Beautiful!
Skeletons Dance cartoon by José Guadalupe Posada
La Catrina by José Guadalupe Posada
LOVE the bright colors!
I hope you noticed I tried making my blog background super colorful in honor of today 😊
The first time I learned about these sugar skulls was from an old PBS children's show called Maya & Miguel that I watched as a child 😊 I found the episode! Watch it below!
This theme song was a bop!
"It's Maya (it's Maya) & Miguel (Miguel!). What they will do next you never can tell!"
I love the artwork of the holiday!
This year in particular this holiday has been of great interest to me because of the recent loss I am suffering. I can't quite get myself to "celebrate" the death of my dog, but I hope someday I can talk about him and his memory without wanting to burst into tears! Today I will be looking through old pictures and hopefully be getting some of them printed to put in some frames I have. Today I will reminisce (to myself) about my dog as I know I will be too emotional to do it with other people; remembering all of our walks and listening to music that makes me think of him. I ate a turkey sandwich on his behalf today for lunch. I know that seems silly but he loooooved turkey lunch meat! It was one of his most favorite treats and he would get so excited any time you offered him some. Back when he was younger he knew if you were eating it immediately, no matter how sneaky you tried to be. He recognized the sound pulling the lid off the container made and could smell it, I swear, from the opposite side of the house! He would come running for you, jumping up and down and barking at you until you finally gave in and gave him a couple bites! He was hard to resist :) It was also the best treat we used to get him to do all of his tricks (sit, shake, lay down, up, chase your tail etc.). He would go crazy! My brother sent me an old video he had taken of my dog doing all of his tricks in a row and you can see him staring intently at my brother, his tail wagging in anticipation for the meat, performing each trick as quickly as possible! It's so funny to me that he would prefer the lunchmeat to any actual dog treats we would buy him 😄 So that's one way I could "remember" and "honor" him today, by eating one of his most favorite foods in the whole world! I gave him some shortly before we put him down (I had stopped giving him the lunchmeat when he was older because it is high in sodium and not good for their heart). Even though he was old and sick and his arthritis made him a little more stiff than usual, you would have never known it the second he smelled that meat. His tail started wagging and he gobbled it up with gusto! 😓 I miss him!!! 😭
Just writing about that memory has me in tears! 😭 I'm also planning on making skull sugar cookies tonight and then watching the Disney film Coco! And that is the music I will be sharing today! I love this movie and the music!
Remember Me - 4 ways!
This song has me SOBBING!!! 😭 Especially the "lullaby" and "reunion" versions! My theme song for sure today! In memory of my sweet boy 🖤🤍💔😭
Remember Me - Ernesto de la Cruz
Remember Me (Lullaby Version)
Remember Me (Reunion) 😢
I have a feeling this movie is going to make me cry tonight....
Miguel feat. Natalia Lafourcade
Remember me
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Don't let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Remember me
Un Poco Loco
Such a fun song!! My whole family loves the music from this movie, lol. We literally listened to it on a recent road trip and the youngest person in the car was 17! 😂 Yes, we are Disney nerds and we LOVE it!
What color is the sky
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!
You tell me that it's red
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!
Where should I put my shoes
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!
You say put them on your head
¡Ay, mi amor! ¡Ay, mi amor!
You make me
Un poco loco
Un poquititito loco
The way you keep me guessing
I'm nodding and I'm yessing
I'll count it as a blessing
That I'm only
Un poco loco
The loco that you make me
It is just un poco crazy
The sense that you're not making
The liberties you're taking
Leaves my cabeza shaking
You are just
Un poco loco
Un poquititi-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-ti-to loco!
The World Es Mi Familia
I know this song is rather short but I don't care! I just love Miguel's cute little voice 😊
Señoras y señores, buenas tardes, buenas noches
Buenas tardes, buenas noches, señoritas y señores
To be here with you tonight
Brings me joy que allegria
For this music is my language
And the world es mi familia
For this music is my language
And the world es mi familia
For this music is my language
And the world es mi familia
Proud Corazón
My favorite! 💗😭 "Our love for each other will live on forever! In every beat of my proud corazon!"
OK, that was the cutest thing ever!! 😍😭
Say that I'm crazy
Or call me a fool
But last night it seemed
That I dreamed about you
When I opened my mouth
What came out was a song
And you knew every word
And we all sang along
To a melody played on the strings of our souls
And a rhythm that rattled us down to the bone
Our love for each other will live on forever
In every beat of my proud corazón
Our love for each other will live on forever
In every beat of my proud corazón
Ay mi familia, oiga mi gente
Canten a coro, let it be known
Our love for each other will live on forever
In every beat of my proud corazón
Ay mi familia, oiga mi gente
Canten a coro, let it be known
Our love for each other will live on forever
In every beat of my proud corazón
Feliz Día de los Muertos!
2021
May this day bring back fond memories of our loved ones now departed 😔😇
May we find JOY in the lives they lived
I love you puppy dog!
I will always Remember You
And hold each precious memory forever in my Proud Corazón! 💛
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