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Feliz Dia de los Muertos!
We celebrated this on Friday at the Chango Family Circus Carnaval de los Muertos. It was great. People were dressed in really amazing and creative costumes and the decor was also fantastic. There were, among other things, huge paper-mache skeletons hanging from the ceiling. The music was decent, but the best part of the evening was the circus sideshow that went on while the band was playing. Especially Spiderwoman.  Have you ever seen an act like this? It is so amazing. This woman climbs up these ropes and wraps them around her in various ways and just hangs there, with just the ropes holding her up. She moves around and does various poses, including the splits, and also hanging upside down with the ropes wrapped around her legs. It is terrifying to watch. At one point she lets herself fall and your heart leaps up into your throat, but at the last minute the ropes miraculously tighten into a knot that holds her, suspended just above the floor. And the crowd lets out its collective breath and cheers. It's just. Wow. You have to see it.  The pictures don't do it justice, really.
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