![]() The exhibit focused on how rituals have changed during the pandemic. Complimentary food will be served from 4-6 p.m.Īn altar exhibit by 19 artists curated by Rio Yañez and Carolina Quintanilla. On November 2, there will be a special ceremony featuring an altar display, Aztec dancers, a poetry reading and a musical performance by Intl Batey.Ī free community event featuring mariachi music and sugar skull making classes. The indoor altar display can be viewed until November 19. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) "Neither So Many, Nor So Dead, In Our Memories" Day of the Dead CelebrationĪdmission: $5- $10 (Proof of vaccination required) Music in Memoriam - A Multicultural Celebration of Día de los MuertosĪn hour-long musical performance showcasing Día de los Muertos through the lens of different cultures. Visitors can bring a small momento to add to the altar that will be on display until November 3. The public is invited to a special ceremony to light a 12-foot community altar. The festival won't have the typical music stages, but instead will offer a COVID-19 vaccination clinic, healing activities, Aztec dancers, a lowrider car showcase and Day of the Dead altar displays. International Boulevard & Fruitvale Avenue ![]() (FREE)Ī community event featuring an altar blessing, folkloric dancers, mariachi music and a free lunch and coloring books.ĭía de Muertos: Curando Corazones Community Health Fair The event includes a haunted maze and a costume parade for Halloween along with community altars and a performance by Ballet Folklorico de Petaluma Paquiyollotzin and Danza Xantotl Aztec Dancers. Halloween Carnival with Día de los Muertos Celebration Trick or treating and art activities precede a special performance by the Oakland Ballet Company. A community celebration featuring music by La Misa Negra will take place at the Mexican Heritage Plaza.ĭía de los Muertos Party feat. Music and folkloric dancing will greet walkers along the route. The event features a curated altar walk along Alum Rock Avenue starting at the Mexican Heritage Plaza to Highway 101. So we really want to make sure that this is also a platform for them so they can stay around a long time," said Diaz. "There are little shops that sell all kinds of art and jewelry. Organizers are encouraging attendees to patronize local shops and restaurants that suffered from the pandemic. This year's event is also not having any vendors. They will be led by Arturo Carrillo, who has conducted drumming circles at The Wright Institute and the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. Several healing drumming circles will be held from noon to 2:00 p.m. We have this collective healing that happens," said Raul Pacheco, a behavioral health educator for La Clínica's Cultura and Bienestar Program. That offers an opportunity to balance our minds and emotions, our body and spirit. You connect to the vibrations and tap into that energy. When everyone tunes in with this rhythm, you connect to the harmony. "There are certain beats in the djembe drums traced back generations. of family.Unity Council is also partnering with La Clínica to offer a drumming circle featuring dozens of African djembe drums. It reminds us of the most important thing. She asks about where they are now, we talk about what we're scared of. The fact that my daughter helps decorate her grandmothers altar gives us an opportunity for me to tell her stories about them. If we can take anything away as Americans from this spiritual tradition, I hope that it allows people to connect to those who are no longer with us. Mexican culture has a much different, more intimate and less fearful relationship to death than American culture. Which brings me to my favorite part of this tradition, celebrating death. With these orange flowers scattered all over white shrines, lit up in candles, a burial place all of a sudden glows brightly, lifting the spirits of all who gaze upon it. Typically, grave sites and cemeteries in Mexico are always painted white. The flower of Dia de Los Muertos is the Marigold or cempasuchil. Finally, like most altars for the dead, we decorate them with flowers.
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