Festival de las Artes del Día de Muertos 2020 Day of the Dead Arts Festival 2020
TULSA, OK -- Living Arts de Tulsa, en colaboración con Casa de la Cultura está celebrando el festival anual Dia de los Muertos de Tulsa en Noviembre 1, 2020. Dia de los Muertos es una celebración de patrimonio Latinx que honora queridos que han pasado.
Living Arts of Tulsa, in partnership with Casa de la Cultura, is hosting Tulsa’s annual Día de los Muertos Arts Festival on November 1st, 2020. Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a celebration of the Latinx heritage honoring loved ones who have passed away.
torio. Y otros lugares hacen sus altares con siete niveles para simbolizar los pasos que una alma tiene que tomar para llegar al cielo.
Un Arco - Simbolizan la entrada al mundo de los muertos. En lugares donde utilizan arca e hacen con flores regularmente
Pan de Muertos - Pan de muertos es diferente en cada región del país y es uno de los elementos más importantes de un altar. El pan es una ofrenda para las almas y tiene raíces católicas.
Calaveras de azúcar - las calaveras hechas con varios dulces representan la muerte y su presencia que se encuentra por todos lados.
Dulces - Alfeñique, frutas, y muchos tipos de dulces hechos en hogar son puestos en los altares para las almas de los niños.
Ornamentos - velas, incienso, figuras de papel maché o cerámica ( como calaveras, esqueletos y animales). En algunas áreas figuras de Xoloitzcuintle son puestas en altares para que las almas de niños se sientan bien en sus viajes. (Casa de la Cultura)
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Festival tickets may be reserved online at https://www.eventbrit e.com/e/dia-de-losmuertos-arts-festivaltickets-124462413429. There are time slots open from 1:00-3:00 PM, 4:00-6:00 PM, and 10:00-11:30 PM. The time slot from 7:00-9:00 PM is going to be reserved for families that have altars in the gallery.
Festival organizers ask that you only get the number of tickets you truly need. There are limited tickets this year so be mindful of others wanting to attend the festival. Masks will be required for the festival and tickets need to be shown for entry.
Visit www.livingarts. org for more information.
What is Day of the Dead?
Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebration held in Mexico and in Central American countries where family members commemorate their ancestors in a way that is different from customs in the United States. This important holiday is held on November 1 and November 2. It is a holiday that mixes parts of Roman Catholicism with Native American traditions that pre-date the arrival of the Spanish in the Americas.
Families often set up offerings or altars called ofrendas, either at home or at the cemetery. Throughout the Dia de los Muertos will remember their ancestors by honoring their memory, by feasting on foods (such as pan de muerto or calaveras de azucar), and playing or singing the songs which were favored by their ancestors. Some ofrendas are also decorated with marigolds and calaveras made of papier-mache.
The Altars of Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead celebrations is based on the belief that the souls of the ones gone can come back to this world on these days. The Day of the Dead altars is the most prominent feature in the celebration because they show the souls the way to their home. Altars make the souls (animas) feel welcomed and show them they have not been forgotten.
A traditional altar has some form of the following.
Picture - A picture of the evoked relative is placed in the altar to make him present and revive his image.
Flowers - The altar is decorated with fresh flowers as it is believed that their scent will make the returning souls feel welcomed and happy.
Different Levels - In some areas altars are made with two levels that symbolize heaven and earth; in others they are made with three levels for heaven, purgatory, and earth; and there are places where altars with seven levels are placed, each of these levels represents the steps a soul has to make to get to heaven.
An Arch - Symbolizes the entrance to the world of the dead. In the places where it's set, it can be made with flowers.
Day of the Dead Bread - or pan de muertos is different in every region of the country and one of the most important elements in the altar as it is a fraternal offering to the souls in the Catholic sense.
Candy Skulls - Sugar, chocolate or amaranth seed skulls represent the death and its every moment presence.
Candies - Alfeñique (almonds paste) fruits, donkeys, angels and skeletons and all kind of homemade candies are set to treat the children's souls.
Ornaments - Candleholders, incense burners, papier mache or clay figurines such as skulls or skeletons doing a certain activity or animals. In some areas, a clay Xoloitzcuintli dog is set in the altar to make the children souls feel good in their arrival to the fete. (Casa de la Cultura)