La Casita hosted the day of the dead celebration by honoring women and femmes lost to gender violence. Editor’s note—Content warning: This story makes reference to femicide, intimate partner violence, and domestic abuse. Ofelia Esparza blessed the altars on the North Lawn Nov. 6 to commence the start of Dia de Los Muertos at CSUDH. […]
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Sugar skull workshop honors loved ones, heritage
La Casita event offers opportunity for Toros ahead of Dia de Los Muertos. Sugar skulls are an essential element to any ofrenda, or altar, during the Mexican celebration known as the Day of the Dead. The annual tradition, called Dia de Los Muertos in Spanish, commemorates death as part of the natural cycle of life […]
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My Special Dead Family
By: Robert Rios, News Editor My family loves to celebrate the holidays. Every year we decorate my home and yard to the proper time of celebration. For Christmas we put up lights all around the house and put different corny inflatables everywhere. For Easter we like to put colorful eggs in the yard so the […]
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The Vibrant Life of the Day of the Dead
Photo by Nova Blanco-Rico By Violeta Rocha, Co-Social Media Manager Christmas, Easter and Halloween are three examples of rituals and traditions with roots reaching back more than 2,000 years that have become secularized and commercialized holidays emphasizing consumerism over culture. Is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, next on the list? For […]
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Dia De Los Muertos Brings CSUDH Together With Celebration of Culture and Syncretism
CSUDH held its annual celebration of Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Nov. 1, outside La Corte Hall. Scheduled events ranged from the Procession of Civil Rights to music and dance performances. Food trucks sold tacos and other traditional Mexican food while students painted sugar skulls and their faces, and paid respects to various altars.