Please note changes due to rain forecast on Thursday:
15th Annual! DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Day of the Dead on Solano Avenue
Community Altar
Thursday, October 28, 2010 6:30 p.m. Gather at one of two places: Gathering Tribes - 1412 Solano Avenue or Casa Oaxaca - 1286 Solano Avenue for altars inside both locations
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Day of the Dead altars will be set up at both locations for participants to place their photos, candles, written messages to the departed, and offerings of flowers, food and beverages on the altar. For those wishing to stay, there will be a "circle of remembrance" where people may say a few words about their beloved departed.
Weather permitting, Aztec dancers will perform in front of each location.
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The Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is an Indigenous pre-colonization tradition of honoring the dead. Many tribal societies believe that the material world that we experience every day while we are alive is the "dream" world and that our true lives begin upon death. Day of the Dead folk art makes fun of how seriously we take life while living in this world. Thus, there are many images of people working and various scenes of every day life.
Bring: copies of photos, drums, rattles, music makers, written memorials, offerings of food, candles, flowers, beverages, etc.
If you plan on leaving your photo(s) on the altar, please bring a copy of the original. The altar will be disassembled after the ceremony and the photos will be disposed of in a ceremonial fire in the following week.
Please join us in honoring our beloved departed...
Free instructions on how to make your own Day of the Dead altar can be picked up at Gathering Tribes.
Phone: (510) 528-9038 with questions. This event is sponsored by Gathering Tribes & Casa Oaxaca on Solano Avenue.
