#dia-de-los-muertos

#dia-de-los-muertos

The scent of copal flowed out of Nexxus Bar and Grill onto the corner of Third and East Santa Clara streets in downtown San Jose. Inside, a young girl welcomed each visitor and handed them a cempasuchil (marigold)-all its golden petals and long stem intact. "Hold onto it until the end," she instructed. On this rainy Monday evening, a steady flow of supporters gathered to celebrate a local album release by Miguel Saucedo, better known as the rapper Miguel Kultura.

In this special workshop, participants will create personalized candles inspired by the spirit of remembrance, connection, and renewal. Each candle becomes an offering - a symbol of light guiding the souls of our loved ones back home. You will choose from fragrances like marigold, sandalwood, rose, and vanilla - scents traditionally associated with memory and healing. Guided by the Ometepe Wellness team, you'll learn about the art of candle-making while reflecting on the meaning behind this sacred tradition.

The annual Día de los Muertos celebration has a long history in the Mission, dating back to when a group of local artists - Mia Gonzalez, Yolanda Garfias Woo, and Galeria de la Raza founders Rene Yañez and Ralph Maradiaga - banded together to make some of the neighborhood's first public ofrendas. They based these on family history, their love of Mexican artists like Jose Guadalupe Posada, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and a longing to honor the Mission's own heroes.

Between skulls and marigold flowers, here is the significance of the Day of the Dead. This week, houses and streets in Mexico have been decorated with colourful altars, marigold flowers, candles and sugar skulls. This is because Mexicans are gearing up to celebrate El Dia de los Muertos the Day of the Dead the country's most important fiesta, which begins this weekend. Mexican families will gather in homes and cemeteries in memory of their family members who have departed.

The annual Dia de los Muertos event hosted at Berkeley High School has been canceled out of caution following the arrival of federal immigration agents to the Bay Area earlier this week. On Thursday, a caravan of border patrol agents entered Coast Guard Island, a base located in the Oakland Estuary, erupting local protests. Though the next day local officials reported they'd been told that the Trump administration's planned surge operation was canceled in all of the Bay Area, residents are still wary.

I lost my Dad suddenly this year. During the intermission of Wicked on Broadway, I saw his name pop up on my phone. "Hey Daddy, I'm at a play right now --" His sister-in-law stopped me before I could finish. "I have some really bad news," she said. "Your Dad died." A relative who recently got into painting sent me a lifelike painting of my Dad and it sits on my mantle.

With Day Of The Dead or Día de los Muertos right around the corner, this LEGO Ideas build captures the haunting beauty of the dead-inspired art that you'd find all across Mexico and other Latin American countries that celebrate the festival honoring the people who have crossed into another realm. The La Catrina is a famous skeletal figure, originally a satirical etching by José Guadalupe Posada that became a national symbol for Día de los Muertos.

Every year, Mattel releases dolls in honor of the Mexican holiday that celebrates and pays homage to departed loved ones. This year's Ken doll, designed by Ari Sarinana, wears a Jalisco-style charro outfit featuring a sombrero and gold-accented vest and pants. The Barbie doll, designed by Lynda Kyaw, is dressed in a three tier gown adorned with cempasúchil flowers. The three-tier dress resembles the three levels that are placed on the altars made for Día de los Muertos.