Learn about Day of the Dead, celebrated by our neighbors to the south, on November 1st and 2nd. A mixture of indigenous and Catholic traditions, this holiday combines beliefs from both cultures, as those who are living remember those who have died.
The Smithsonian has a great Internet site. Click here to read about the holiday and to create your own altar.
Learn about the candy sugar skulls that many friends and family buy for each other. It's a treat to receive one with your name written on it.
Watch a short video on The Discovery Channel.
Inspired to make some Day of the Dead art? Watch the video, Viva Calaca before creating your own dancing skeleton.
Finally, as The Book of Life plays at our local theater, check out the trailer and consider going. Directed by Jorge Gutierrez, who also wrote the screenplay, the film spans the world of the living, the world of the remembered, and the world of the forgotten.
The Smithsonian has a great Internet site. Click here to read about the holiday and to create your own altar.
Learn about the candy sugar skulls that many friends and family buy for each other. It's a treat to receive one with your name written on it.
Watch a short video on The Discovery Channel.
Inspired to make some Day of the Dead art? Watch the video, Viva Calaca before creating your own dancing skeleton.
Finally, as The Book of Life plays at our local theater, check out the trailer and consider going. Directed by Jorge Gutierrez, who also wrote the screenplay, the film spans the world of the living, the world of the remembered, and the world of the forgotten.