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:: DMC Celebrating Dia de Los Muertos on Nov. 2 (Photo Op)


October 30, 2009


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Del Mar College Spanish program providing insight into observance while Music Department presenting evening event with music by Mariachi ensembles along with dancing and public altar

WHO & VISUALS: DMC assistant professor of Spanish Javier Morin with the Department of Communications, Languages and Reading lecturing about the tradition of Día de Los Muertos and providing an altar and the traditional bread or “pan de muerto.” Del Mar College’s Mariachi Ensembles with the Department of Music and other special guests, including Ballet Folklorico, performing traditional music and dance associated with the holiday.

WHAT: Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebrations at Del Mar College, including a Lecture, Altar Displays, “Musical Ofrenda” and Dance

WHEN & WHERE:

Lecture: 1 p.m., Room 124, Coles Classroom Building, Del Mar College East, Naples off Kosar at Staples

Musical Ofrenda: 7:30 p.m., Wolfe Recital Hall, Del Mar College East, Ayers at Kosar

(online campus map available at www.delmar.edu/resources/maps/east.php)

FYI: More than 500 years ago, Spanish conquistadors landed in what is now Mexico and encountered indigenous natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death. Carried out by these indigenous people for at least 3,000 years, the ritual is known today as “Día de Los Muertos” or Day of the Dead with Mexicans and Latin Americans remembering their deceased loved ones the first two days of November.

Del Mar College programs with the Department of Communications, Languages and Reading and the Department of Music will provide observances of the holiday with lectures, altars for ofrendas, music, dance and even a taste of pan de muerto or the traditional bread baked for this special day.

The Day of the Dead is celebrated with the most pure tradition, inherited from death cults used by the ancient pre-Hispanic civilizations—including the Aztecs and others. Customs now used to observe “Día de Los Muertos” blend with those established by the Catholic Church.

Festivities combine sadness with joy and mix mysticism with reflection. Mortals invite their dead to join them in harmonious celebration. Today, “Día de Los Muertos” is celebrated in Mexico and certain parts of the United States and Central America.


-DMC-mce


For more information, media can contact Javier Morin, DMC assistant professor of Spanish, at 361.698.1582 or jmorin@delmar.edu about the 1 p.m. lecture and Darrell Brown, instructor of music, at 361.698.1608 or dbrown20@delmar.edu regarding the 7:30 p.m. musical ofrenda.






Date of this item added : 2009-10-30