Here is my comment to her blog post:
Hi Teresa,I thought your blog was very interesting. I think that the celebration of El Dia de los Muertos is a very beautiful and interesting cultural celebration. I didn't even know that they celebrated this event at this cemetery.In class, we discussed cultural signifiers. Which is a cultural symbol that signifies meanings that are produced in specific communities, at specific times, in specific places. We talked in class also how they are also floating signifiers, meaning that cultural symbols change through time. This tradition is a perfect example of a cultural signifier. Like you said earlier, that this tradition rooted from Aztec culture with catholic holy days. This was something that emerged over time becoming a tradition. I feel that what people have used (clothing, decorations, and art) have been a floating signifier through time. People have used different objects changing through time. Especially right now, I think that "El Dia de los Muertos" has been getting a lot of hype recently. I remember doing a day of the dead face painting for halloween about 4 years ago, and this past halloween it had recently become very popular. I am not really sure how and when this has become a popular thing, but artist have been making more art towards this tradition, you see it in the media more, and people are even getting tattoos of this on their bodies. Although this popularity going on throughout the nation may die out and a new floating signifier will come about, the tradition and celebration of this event for the people of this culture will probably never die out.
