| Show Dia De Los Muertos By Margaret L. L Clayton Contributing Writer A little bit of Mexico came again to the Redwood Campus on Nov 2 when the Mexican Consulate sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- Dia De Los Muertos Day Muertos-Day Day of the Dead Bringing a beau beau- display of objects used to commemorate the day Anacelia Perez De DeMeyer DeMeyer DeMeyer Meyer Mexican consul introduced students staff and youngsters from Eisenhower Jr High to the meaning of Dia De Los Muertos When she was at atthe atthe atthe the campus last spring she said Learning about each others other's cultures contributes contributes contributes con con- tributes to better relationships relationships relationships relation relation- ships between our coun coun- tries On Nov 2 Dia Dia De Los Catholics in Mexico go to the cemeteries ies of their departed loved ones De Meyer told the audience There they place flowers candies drinks and food food anything anything that the deceased may have enjoyed while on earth on the graves Toys may be placed on the graves of children Often Oftentimes Oftentimes Oftentimes times a plate of food is set on the kitchen table in case the dead person returns and is hungry If the people who have died like music or dancing dancing dancing ing you could expect to see mariachi mariachi mariachi mari- mari achi bands singers and dancers performing performing performing per per- forming at the grave sites Songs of Mexico were sung at i s 2 i i Photo by Chris Fergeson Alma Ima Ferron Perron at on Nov 2 She is singing about Dia De Los Muertos in the College Center the Dia De Los Muertos celebration at the campus by Alma Ferron Perron who came to America from Mexico She wore a skirt trimmed with silver that she had made her her- self Perron Ferron also wore a sombrero which she trimmed in gold She looked stunning and sang beautifully Intricately cut colored tissue paper was on display Calavera skeleton skeleton heads made from sugar and decorated by families families families lies which are used to decorate the graves were also shown to teach people about the great celebration Dia De Los Muertos Colorful marzipan are set at the loved ones one's graves Christine Gonzales acting advisor to Unidos and Norma Nettles secretary in the Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity worked with the Mexican Consulate to bring the cultural event to the college Kristen president president president dent of Unidos and Miguel Miranda vice president president president dent volunteered their time timeto to the success of the tion Kristen said that Unidos meets every Thursday at noon in inthe inthe inthe the College Center and a second meeting is held on Monday from 2 pm p.m. until 3 pm p.m. in the AD Building Room Everyone is invited to join the club h |
