Enjoy the 7th Annual Celebraciones de la Gente October 23rd to 24th, 2010 at the Flagstaff Museum of Northern Arizona. Whether it's art, fun, education, music, dancing or a combination, there's something exciting happening all day long!
Schedule is subject to change. Final schedule is available at the festival.
Both Days
Saturday, October 23
Sunday, October 24
Celebraciones de la Gente is produced in partnership by Nuestras Raices and offers Latin American indigenous and folk music, documentary filmmaking, Aztec stories, mask making, ballet folklorico, family altars, and graffiti mural art by local artists. The holiday Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead may have originated in Mexico from the Olmecs as many as 3,000 years ago and been passed to other cultures such as the Toltecs, Maya, Zapotec, and Aztec. The continuity of life and memories of ancestors are celebrated and invitations are made to departed souls to return. This is not a time of mourning. Instead, candles and marigolds, sugar skulls and colorful paper banners, and dancing and music all warm the heart. Nuestras Raices is a local grassroots organization dedicated to promoting Mexican/Mexican American/Hispanic cultures in our area. Its name means “Our Roots” and its members are Hispanic pioneer families of Flagstaff from the 1800s.
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Should be interesting. Like the art and the event.
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