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Old 04-20-2012, 12:24 AM
 
Location: The Other California
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The Catholic and Mexican influence in California is deeply felt in the tradition of roadside shrines, or "descansos", marking the place where someone has died - typically in an automobile accident.

Last I checked there were 40,000 auto-related deaths per year in the United States. The price of progress, I suppose. If these people were killed by a disease there would be national panic and quarantines, but I digress ...

Here's an interesting slideshow depicting roadside shrines in Los Angeles:


Where They Left - Road Side Memorials & Descansos - YouTube

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And may perpetual light shine upon them. Requiescat in pace.
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