{"id":904,"date":"2013-05-16T16:19:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T22:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/?p=904"},"modified":"2014-09-20T23:57:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T04:57:51","slug":"oops-did-somebody-die-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topmexicorealestate.com\/lets-retire-in-mexico\/2013\/05\/oops-did-somebody-die-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Oops – Did Somebody Die Here?"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Did somebody die on the construction site?”<\/p>\n

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That was the question I got earlier this month on a phone call.\u00a0 It was a Canadian who we helped buy a home in a new development here in Playa.\u00a0 I have to admit – I was worried, even though I shouldn’t have been.
\n“What do you mean?” I asked. “What happened?”<\/p>\n

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“Well there’s a cross up on one the buildings – one that they’re still working on. It looks handmade, just out of wood from the site. They put it up quickly this morning.\u00a0 We tried asking the workers, but, you know, the whole Spanish-English thing.”<\/p>\n

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“Really?\u00a0 Are you sure?\u00a0 I haven’t heard anything.”<\/p>\n

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“Well we say a priest there and everything.\u00a0 It looked like some special service – we thought it might be some memorial on site for the other workers or something.”<\/p>\n

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After ending the phone call I was about to start making some frantic calls to the developer and construction team. But Bea had overheard.<\/p>\n

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“What’s going on?” she asked.<\/p>\n

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I told her the story.<\/p>\n

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“Oh, they do that every year at the beginning of May. It’s for the day of the workers and the Holy Cross.”<\/p>\n

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Of course!\u00a0 I knew that.\u00a0 The concerned Canadians on the phone had got me worried, made me forget the culture.<\/p>\n

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At the beginning of May there are two holidays that workers have combined in a way.\u00a0 May 1 is the international worker’s day, which is important for construction workers.\u00a0 May 3 is the day of the Holy Cross, which is why they put the cross up.\u00a0 They often have a priest come and bless the construction site.<\/p>\n

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I called the Canadians back.\u00a0 We all shared a good laugh – and a sigh of relief!<\/p>\n

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-by Thomas Lloyd<\/em><\/p>\n

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