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El Día de los Muertos

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Join us in a community-wide celebration of el Día de los Muertos with food, crafts and music for the whole family.  The event will feature Mariachi Monumental de Oregon, face painting, an altar, and  free books for kids.

El Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a two-day Mexican holiday where families honor and celebrate ancestors in a reunion of the living and the dead.  Families or communities create altars with offerings to family members that have died.  Altars typically include marigolds and the favorite food of those who have died to encourage those departed to join in the celebration.   Festivities usually include brightly colored papel picado, skeletons, sweet bread (pan de muertos), costumes, face painting and painted sugar skulls.

Sponsored by the:
Coos Bay Public Library
South Coast Equity Coalition
Coos Hispanic Alliance
United Way of Southwestern Oregon
Marshfield High School Latin-X Club
Pathways to Positive Parenting

Únase a nosotros en una celebración comunitaria del Día de los Muertos con comida, artesanías y música para toda la familia. El evento tendrá el Mariachi Monumental de Oregón, pintura de caras, un altar, y libros gratuitos para niños.

El Día de los Muertos es un feriado mexicano de dos días donde las familias honran y celebran a los antepasados ​​en una reunión de vivientes y muertos. Las familias o comunidades crean altares con ofrendas a los familiares que han fallecido. Los altares suelen incluir caléndulas y la comida favorita de los que han muerto para animar a los difuntos a unirse a la celebración. Las festividades suelen incluir papel picado de colores brillantes, esqueletos, pan dulce (pan de muertos), disfraces, pintura de caras y calaveras de azúcar pintadas.

Patrocinado por:

Coos Bay Public Library
South Coast Equity Coalition
Coos Hispanic Alliance
United Way of Southwestern Oregon
Marshfield High School Latin-X Club
Pathways to Positive Parenting