Mento Buru, Skeletons Dance, In Music Filled Day Of The Dead Bash

Minus the skeleton face paint and dancing devil puppets, it was dancing as usual at the annual Day of the Dead show in Bakersfield featuring music from Mento Buru. Musical guests the Iron Outlaws, L.A.’s the Underground and a guest jam with members of the band Fishbone also livened up the night.

In 2007, the annual Day of the Dead show in Bakersfield was at the Nile Theater and featured local Dia de los Muertos artwork, cultural dancing and life-sized skeleton musicians. Mento Buru had been hitting the stage in past years with painted skeleton faces. But not this year as the 2008 event was held at Fishlips, also in downtown Bakersfield.

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