The Albuquerque Tango Festival, one of the largest in the United States, is held the first weekend in November every year.  This year, it happened to coincide with Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos - Day of the Dead - a day intended to honor and remember loved ones who have passed from this world.  Below is an image of Paloma Villalobos hanging her altar among the tango ancestors.

Paloma Villa Lobos at Albuquerque Tango Festival

A photograph of select tango luminaries who watched over the dance  

Tango ancestors Paloma, a native of Taos, New Mexico, was asked to make the Day of the Dead altar as a backdrop for the traditional milonga or tango dance held on Saturday evening.  Paloma is an artist at heart, in addition to being a tango dancer.  Her sugar skulls are little jewels.

Sugar skulls, Dia del Muerto Being the daughter of two artists and gallery owners in Taos who loved Picasso, Paloma was named for his daughter.  Her father, Steve Villalobos, did a sketch for the altar on black tissue paper.

Steve's Dia del Muerto illustration

And here is lovely Paloma, dancing at a milonga in Taos with one of this year's festival's instructors, E. M. Malixi.

Paloma and Mike Malixi

until next Monday,

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