Homage to the Dead

In Tucson, Arizona people of Mexican descent pay respect and tribute to their dead. It is the belief that the location where a person dies is where his soul departed this earth. Some build little shrines along the road where their loved one died in an accident or other ways. The city tried to have them removed, but the outcry stopped it in its track. Since a big percentage of Tucson residents are Hispanics, I guess the city figured why rock the boat. Somebody once remarked that just seeing these shrines along the road must remind people of the consequences of speeding or driving while drunk. Amen!

Here are photos I took of those shrines.