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Photos Back | Next SAMANTHA FOSTER/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL From left, Gloria Garcia, Joe Sepulveda and Jerome cruise lines inside passage to alaska Garcia paint calaveras, or skulls, Friday evening at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center, 4400 S.W. 10th. They and other family members have also prepared other calaveras that will be auctioned cruise lines inside passage to alaska in the NOTO Arts District Oct. 26 to Nov. 2, the week of Dia de los Muertos. Back | Next SAMANTHA FOSTER/THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL Sugar skulls decorated by the Tonantzin Society last year grace a community ofrenda, or altar, at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center, 4400 S.W. 10th.
At a Fiesta de las Calaveras on Friday evening at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center, about a dozen of the society’s volunteer members decorated calaveras, or skulls, that will be displayed at the discovery cruise lines inside passage to alaska center for the holiday.
The skulls are one element of an ofrenda, or altar, dedicated to a loved one who has died. Valdivia-Alcala said ofrendas include photographs and items that represent cruise lines inside passage to alaska a loved one. Other elements include butterflies, which represent a loved one’s soul; salt, the flavor of life; marigolds, which lift the veil between earth and heaven cruise lines inside passage to alaska for the souls to return and see how they are being celebrated; and food and water, because cruise lines inside passage to alaska a soul’s journey back to earth is long.
City Councilman John Alcala, who is married to Valdivia-Alcala, compared it to Cinco de Mayo, saying cruise lines inside passage to alaska no one knew what it was until people started celebrating it. That, he said, is what the Tonantzin cruise lines inside passage to alaska Society hopes will happen with Dia de los Muertos.
In an event focused on family, several family members were decorating skulls together. Gloria Garcia said her aunt, Patti Valdivia, was responsible for the family’s involvement in the decorating process.
■ Guest lecturer Denis Defibaugh speaking on his decade of travels to Oaxaca, Mexico, to photograph Dia de los Muertos celebrations at 7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Washburn University. His photographic exhibit will open at 5:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.
■ Poetry readings, Mexican chocolate drink, sweet breads and the music of strolling mariachis in the NOTO Arts District beginning at 6 p.m. Nov. 2. For more information about plans for the citywide celebration, visit www.diadelosmuertostopeka.com .
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@ Digger: what an insensitive comment. I have never heard people say to people of Irish descent "go back to Ireland to celebrate St. Patrick's Day". It's all about having cruise lines inside passage to alaska the opportunity to celebrate one of the many different cultures in the melting pot of America. If its not your cup of tea, then don't drink it.
Doesn't feel good to me so I won't. I chose to celebrate LIFE. The dead are just that, dead. Let sleeping dogs lie. You just don't really know who or what you are dealing with. Or at least I would not. I had a sister-in-law who talked to dead people and she died an untimely horrendous death. Not my cup of tea at all. Oh no, not me!