This made me think of something I saw in a movie years ago--does anyone know
of a tradition in Mexico where people leave stones at the place where a
person died as a sort of memorial? I guess the idea being that people who
remembered that person would place a small stone at the site (in this case,
in front of a house) when they passed by. Others would add stones as time
went on, gradually making a stone mound. It may be pure Hollywood, but I've
wondered about it.
Laurie Morris
mailto: lmorris(a)wt.net
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Native American graves on the reservations here [in NM] are
maintained as
are
the old old Spanish graves......I think it has a lot to do with the
Catholicism and Native American religions....as there are graveyard
ceremonies on All Souls Day and at Christmas and on the anniversaries of
death.
And of course...sadly and unfortunately....due to the incredibly high
number
of DWI deaths.......our roads are lined with
"descansos".........highway
shrines which are decorated with personal momentos and for the various
holidays. In fact several years ago some people pooled their time and
talents
and published a small book and there was a museum exhibit of the
pictures.
I
have seen them also in Indiana...but on a simpler scale.
When roads are widened...these shrines are photographed and carefully
removed
with the site recorded for re-establishment when the road is
completed.
Marilynn
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