NEWS: Dia de los Muertos

CULTURE: Dia de los Muertos

Halloween's pretty fun, but I always think of it as a wussy version of Dia de los Muertos, an incredibly festive, colorful and grotesquely celebrated Aztec tradition rich with art, symbols, installation, parades, altars, and generally a very creative holiday most enthusiastically celebrated in Mexico. But there are many ways to take in the traditions and iconography of the holiday regardless of where you live.


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-The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago is holding its 20th annual exhibition on Dia de los Muertos inspired art, running now through December 10th.

-November 1st and 2nd, Southern Californians can honor the dead at Olivera Street's festival in Los Angeles;

-The Oakland Museum of California tribute to the visual ephemera of the celebration made by local artists in Laughing Bones/Weeping Hearts opens this Wednesday, October 11th.

- Check out Crafty Chica's Day of the Dead crafts including directions on how to make sugar skulls and paper flowers.


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-AZ Central has an extensive article on the history and significance of food during the holiday including great recipes for traditional foods such as pumpkin candy and "bread of the dead"

If you know of a Dia de los Muertos event coming up in your city, or another interesting related link, post it here.

hey cool! I used to love the Dia De Los Muertos festivals celibrated in Texas. Loads of fun. And as a Catholic I've always appreciated the meaning behind it all.

I have a bit of Dia De Los Muertos art tattooed on my body as a matter of fact.

Wow. Too bad I live in the boonies of MA and not in the Southwest. Shit like that is right up my alley.

-TM

ah yes, my favorite part of the year
my mama makes some grotesquely delicious sugar skulls that'll rock yo fuckin socks off

you could post some things to me and get yourself lots of +1 points aswell

This one is AMAZING: The Los Angleles Day of the Dead in Holywood Forever Cemetery: great altars, live music, spooky atmosphere - it's wonderful.

i'm sorry, but that shit is just weird.

Translation: "Erect dem fences."

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Just kiddin'.

I never got to experience a Day of the Dead back when I lived on the proper continent for one to do so. Maybe when I eventually come back for a visit I'll plan it around the festivities and check it out in Mexico. That'd be amazing.

thank you for your fresh insight. perhaps someday we'll all be able to gaze into the heart of other people's customs with the profound intelligence that you have shown.

you're quite welcome. i like to extoll some righteous truths.

you don't say?

After that exchange, I'm not quite sure if I'm kidding anymore. Too bad I can't edit.

come on, you can do better than that, right? i WANT venom.

go reds...

See, as a Catholic, I've always appreciated Dia de los Muertos in spite of the meaning behind it.

Not any weirder than any other Christians' traditions, honestly.

Or any religion's traditions, for that matter.

At least the Mexicans get to have parties. I wish the stoic gringo Catholics I grew up with were a little more into the fiesta-ing. That would have been way more fun.

good point

Please don't feed the troll.