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Tags: black and white, blanco y negro, cajas de muertos

This entry was written by Rudy Girón and posted on Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 3:33 am and is filed under Only in LAG, San Miguel Escobar. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

NYChapin

“y somos cinco hombres que lloran de verdad en el velorio, mientras los deudos juntan desesperadamente el aliento para igualarnos, sintiendo que cueste lo que cueste deben demostrar que el velorio es el de ellos, que solamente ellos tienen derecho a llorar así en esa casa…En vano acumulan los hipos y los desmayos, inútilmente los vecinos más solidarios los apoyan con sus consuelos y sus reflexiones, llevándolos y trayéndolos para que descansen y se reincorporen a la lucha…. Los vecinos más coherentes empiezan a perder pie, dejan caer a los deudos, se van a la cocina a beber grapa y a comentar; algunos parientes, extenuados por una hora y media de llanto sostenido, duermen estertorosamente…Nosotros nos relevamos en orden, aunque sin dar la impresión de nada preparado; antes de
las seis de la mañana somos los dueños indiscutidos del velorio “

Conducta en los velorios

JC
- http://antiguadailyphoto.com Rudy
  
  Great contribution NYChapin, could share with us where can we find the rest of the piece. Thanks!
  - NYChapin
    
    My bad Rudy… The story is part of ” Casa tomada y otros cuentos” by the great Julio Cortázar. You can access the full story here: http://www.literatura.org/Cortazar/Conducta.html
    
    Enjoy
    - http://antiguadailyphoto.com Rudy
      
      Thanks NYChapin for the link.
      - Eric
        
        Ay ! Cortazar me causa mal de la cabeza ! Je-je-je. I thought I recognized that piece. I’m trying to get into Cortazar, but I think I’m more of a Rojas, or an Asturias, reader, myself.
El Canche

As my grandad (born in 1889) used to say: “It’s not the cough that carries you off; but the coffin they carry you off in”.
- http://antiguadailyphoto.com Rudy
  
  Thanks Canche for sharing. Wise man your dad indeed.
Willy

Another smashing B& W photo. What type and model of camera do you use? You’ve got a great eye, Rudy!
- http://antiguadailyphoto.com Rudy
  
  Thanks Willy for your kind words, I use several cameras depending of which one I am carrying, but nowadays most photos here are taken with the Canon S100 since that’s the one I carry with me most of the time, or an iPhone 5, a Canon 7D or Canon XSi.

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