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Dia De Los Muertos November 2 2019 November 2, 2019 Downtown Vallejo More Information and entertainment program coming soon. Dia de los Muertos “Day of the Dead” In partnership with many groups and organizations, this event is designed to educate the community, also to honor the loved ones who have passed away by building a community alter. There is face painting, live music, car show and dance performances. History https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32aGuJeplY0 Dia De Los Muertos—the Day of the Dead is considered the most representative tradition of Mexican culture. The celebration takes place in two days: on November 1 is dedicated to the soul of children and on November 2 to that of adults. Although marked throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos is most strongly associated with Mexico, where the tradition originated. Dia De Los Muertos honors the dead and encourages families to come together to remember those who they have lost. It is a time for prayer, celebrations, festivals, and spiritual journeys. The custom combines indigenous Aztec rituals with Catholicism, forced to the region by Spanish conquistadores. (Dia De Los Muertos is celebrated on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, minor holidays in the Catholic calendar.) Death as an encounter with the unknown has had different manifestations in different cultures, whether through literature or music, or through customs and sacred rites. The fear and taboo surrounding death in today's Western civilizations is understandable, but Mexican culture has been able to give it a very particular comprehensive, solemn and festive point of view, which allows…...

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