Learn more on the Wilde Meyer Gallery website.ĭon your best Day of the Dead make-up and attire for a ball to raise money for community art classes. at 4142 North Marshall Way in Scottsdale.
SCOTTSDALE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 2021 FREE
Head to Wilde Meyer Gallery during the Scottsdale ArtWalk for a free reception to celebrate with artwork, refreshments, and an altar of pet photographs contributed by community members and gallery staff.
Find more information on the event website.Ĭultural Coalition Dia de los Muertos Reception The event, which includes a candlelight procession at sunset, runs from 1:30 to 8 p.m. Join Cultural Coalition for a free celebration of life that honors indigenous cultures and traditions with songs, flowers, food, and visual arts. Mikiztli: Dia de los Muertos PHX Festival Get details on the Mesa Arts Center website. Saturday, October 27, and Sunday, October 28Įxplore an altar exhibit, or add your own offering to the community altar, during the free festival that also includes a car show, live music, dance, an artisan market and live painting by Such and Champ Styles. So they're now adopting this tradition and just owning it and I'll take that any day," Xoch said.Mesa Arts Center Dia de los Muertos Festivalīallet Folklorico Esperanza presents a family-friendly festival including low rider car show, salsa contest, live entertainment, and costume contest. "Just in the last few weeks, a lot of my clients coming in for marigolds, who are mostly young Latinx women, told me this is the first time they are celebrating Día de los Muertos. Whereas growing up she saw many of her peers reject more indigenous aspects of Latino culture in an attempt to assimilate, now, she says, they are embracing it. But there is an upside, she said.īecause it's become part of mainstream culture, "It's become easier for young Latinx or brown people who are first or second generation to accept their heritage and be proud," Xoch said. The cheerful hues also add to the celebratory nature of the holiday, which, although it's wrapped up in death, is not somber but festive.Īndi Xoch, founder and owner of Latinx With Plants in East Los Angeles, said the growing popularity of the holiday has made it "easier for young Latinx or brown people who are first or second generation to accept their heritage and be and be proud."Īndi Xoch, founder of Latinx With Plants in East Los Angeles, told NPR she is concerned about the commercialization and the borderline or sometimes outright cultural appropriation of what was once an indigenous holiday. The fragrance of the bright orange and yellow flowers is said to lead souls from their burial place to their family homes. The celebration involves the creation of an altar with offerings that include photos of the dead, candles, bottles of mezcal and tequila, and food, sugar skulls, and the cempasúchil - the Aztec name of the marigold flower native to Mexico.
That tradition was blended with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saints Day by the Spaniards when they conquered Mexico. It's deeply rooted in pre-Hispanic Aztec rituals tied to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, or the Lady of the Dead, who allowed spirits to travel back to earth to commune with family members. 2, stretches back centuries in Mexico and to a lesser extent a few other Latin American countries. The origins of Día de los Muertos, which begins on Nov. Deceased individuals are remembered with the placement of flowers and candles at their cemeteries. This image depicts how Día de los Muertos is observed and celebrated.
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