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Remembering the Dearly Departed: Day of the Dead Celebration

By Smithsonian Voices Smithsonian Latino Center – SmithsonianMag.com – Photo: Dr. Xóchitl Chávez. Photo: Noche de altares in Santa Ana, California. Smithsonian Latino Center Mobile Broadcasts, 2015. With the arrival of Spaniards and Catholicism, this...

Mexican celebration Day of the Dead comes to life for American retailers

By Cheryl V. Jackson, Special to USA TODAY – USAToday.com – Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. Even more awareness is anticipated with this being the first Day of the Dead since Disney’s November 2017 U.S. release of the animated film “Coco” that...

Museum of Texas Tech hosts Día de los Muertos celebration

By Riley Golden | Staff Writer – DailyToReador.com – Photo: McKenzie Garza. Every year, Hispanic cultures around the world celebrate El Día de los Muertos, and since 2009, the Museum of Texas Tech University has been a part of that celebration. On Sunday,...

Annual Dia de los Muertos celebration honors Hispanic tradition

TucsonNewsNow.com – Photo: Walton, Elizabeth. Tuscon, Arizona (Tucson News Now) – A special celebration of Dia de los Muertos, the traditional Hispanic festival of remembrance, in which departed spirits feel welcome to hold a reunion with living relatives,...

Latino Life: Arte Americas Offers A Chance To Immerse Yourself in Latino Culture

By Aurora Diaz – ABC30.com – Photo: ABC 30. Photo: Arte Americas is offering opportunities to immerse yourself in Latino culture. Fresno, California (KFSN) — Whether its Dia de Los Muertos altars created by local artists or pieces coming from Mexico,...

Pachuco era helps define search for Chicana identity

By Alexsandra J. Ruiz-Ortiz – MyMetMedia.com – Photo Courtesy Of Antonia Fernandez. Photo: Antonia Fernandez poses with “Peacock,” her life-size portrait of a modern-day pachuca. Fernandez’s exhibit “Pachuco y Sirenas” will be on display at Museo de las...