With joy, mysticism and solemnity, Oaxaca prepares to celebrate Day of the Dead, the liveliest party of all, with 55 activities full of culture and tradition that will be carried out October 26 to November 3.
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From the Los Pinos Cultural Complexthe coordinator of Social Communication of the State GovernmentElizabeth Alvarez Acosta He invited citizens to learn about the linguistic, gastronomic and spiritual cultural wealth of the entity, within the framework of this date in which death is experienced and celebrated to pay tribute to life.
“In Oaxaca the festival of the dead has a special touch with its comparsas, which consist of processions in which the living dress in traditional costumes, catrinas, devils, dead, among others accompanied by music bands,” he said.
During For 9 days the streets of the city will be filled with marigold flowerssmells of copal, incense, fruits and bread that are placed on the altars of homes to open the return portal that connects the dead with the world of the living.
Through the Secretary of Cultures and Arts will develop 41 activities in the museums of Pre-Columbian Art Rufino Tamayo; of the Painters Oaxacans; of Contemporary Art and Oaxacan Cultures; Zócalo of Oaxaca de Juárez; Government Palace and Zócalo Kiosk.
Those who attend will witness the celebration and funeral rituals through concerts of sacred and funeral music, exhibitions of altars of the dead, sand mats, exhibitions of plastic and graphic arts, literature, dance and two massive concerts.
Of the October 28 to November 3, Local, national and foreign people will be able to observe the Monumental Tapete Representative of the Day of the Dead that the Secretariat of Interculturality, Indigenous and Afro-Mexican Peoples and Communities (SIPCIA) will be placed in the Portals of the Government Palace.
The Ministry of Tourism will install the Sendero al Mictlán in the Tourist Walkway of Oaxaca de Juárez, which will have nine monumental sculptures.
On October 28, a sculpture called “La Catrina” will be placed in front of the Government Palace, a piece that will be made in a quarry. On October 30, the Day of the Dead Verbena, Xandu‘the visit of our people, in pedestrian priority streets surrounding the Government Palace.
On November 1 at 6:00 p.m. the Day of the Dead Treat will take place, starting from the Fountain of the Eight Regions and arriving at the Alameda de León. On the same day at 8:00 p.m. there will be a performance alluding to the tradition of the Day of the Dead.
They will carry out the 5k Athletic Race “Tour to Mictlán”
On October 30, the Sports Institute (Indeporte) will carry out the 5k Athletic Race “Tour to Mictlán” at 5:00 p.m., which will depart from the Panteón del Exmarquesado, pass through central streets of the state capital and end at the General Pantheon. Prior to the start of the race, at 3:30 p.m., the Mass Physical Activation Class will be held.
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