VINICIO CAPOSSELA “Ad mortem festinamus”

“Unhappy ones who, alive, descended to the houses of Hades, twice mortal, when others die only once, come now, eat the food and drink the wine.” Odyssey 20, XII The Days of the Dead are rooted in time. The season ushering in winter offers the most fitting symbolism to celebrate the sleep of death. From October 31st to November 2nd, it is a liminal point on the calendar, a point of transition between the living and the dead. The journey among th...