DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATES DEPARTED LOVED ONES.Byline: Dominic Berbeo Staff Writer For Aracely Badillo, celebrating Dia de los Muertos Día de los Muer·tos n. See Day of the Dead. [Spanish : día, day + de, of + los, the + muertos, pl. of muerto, dead.] is to remember the past and pass on an important cultural tradition to her students. The fourth-grade teacher at Fullbright Elementary in Woodland Hills emigrated with her family from Mexico when she was a child and has celebrated the popular day since her earliest memories. Her booth at the sixth annual city-sponsored Dia de los Muertos Festival - at the historic Andres Pico Adobe in Mission Hills on Sunday - featured small, colorful clay skulls made by her students. ``I've always kept the tradition that this day is a day of celebration The Day of Celebration was a gathering of 45,000 Latter-Day Saint youth which took place on July 16, 2005 to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the restoration of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. when those who have died visit us and we remember them,'' she said, ``I want to make sure the kids understand what it means.'' The celebration centers around the belief that dead friends and relatives visit loved ones and remain a part of daily life even after death. Traditionally, the celebration entails visiting the graves of loved ones or decorating altars with food offerings and mementos of the deceased. About two dozen groups displayed altars at Sunday's event, which was organized by the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Latino Arts Council. The Los Angeles-based women's group Comision Femenil had an intricately detailed altar honoring women. There was a large drawing of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a record album cover depicting the late singer Lola Beltran, posters of Selena and Frida Kahlo, Mexican sweet bread, chiles, nopal nopal (nō·pälˑ), n Latin name: Opuntia streptacantha Lemaire, Opuntia ficus indica; cactuses, fruit, sugary sweets, and traditional marigold marigold, any plant of the genus Tagetes of the family Asteraceae (aster family), mostly Central and South American herbs cultivated elsewhere as garden flowers. The two common species of marigold, both annuals, are distinguished as African, or Aztec (T. flowers. At another altar, brothers Joe and Eddie Joe and Eddie was an American gospel and Folk music group whose vocal career peaked in 1964. Composed of two African American men, Joe Gilbert and Eddie Brown, Joe and Eddie became popular with their vocal talent. Lozano had photos of family members, including a 1940s photo of their uncle Galdino Lozano, who served as a sailor in World War II and Korea before passing away 15 years ago. About 400 people turned out at the free festival, which included food booths, arts and crafts arts and crafts, term for that general field of applied design in which hand fabrication is dominant. The term was coined in England in the late 19th cent. as a label for the then-current movement directed toward the revivifying of the decorative arts. , face painting and children's activities, literature booths, mariachi and dance performances, and a mock funeral procession. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Dancers in the San Fernando Gardens Folklorico troupe, wearing Dia de los Muertos makeup, wait offstage before they perform at the festival. David Sprague/Staff Photographer |
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