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Día de los Muertos: Cempasúchil – Flower of the Dead
October 28, 2017 @ 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Join us for the annual community event that celebrates and honors Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Families can enjoy face painting, live dance performances, altar exhibits and more!
Activities/Artisans/Vendors (as of 10/27/2017)
Photograph Opportunities
Life-sized monarch wings
Eight-foot-tall flower archway
Activities & Crafts
- Día de los Muertos book readings by Book Buzz, a UTRGV student organization
- Sugar Skulls ($3 each)
- Paper Flowers (free)
- Cardboard lantern (free)
- Children’s Bereavement Center of the RGV’s traditional Mexican tapates (sand art)
Demonstrators
- Costumed interpreters in the Atlar Exhibit area
- Student art from St. John’s Episcopal School
- Curanderismo by Danielle Lopez
- Rabble Rouser Brewing Company (available at 8 p.m. and for individuals 21 and over)
Panteón
The panteón has several translations: graveyard, cemetery, burial place. In its context, the panteón is where the living meet with the departed on día de los muertos, or the day of the dead. There are many traditional ways to celebrate and honor those who have passed with favorite foods and drinks at the burial place.
On Día de los Muertos in the Oaxaca Central Valley, the color and scent of Cempasúchil invite spirits of the departed to return to their families. Out of respect, community members decorate the graves of those with no one left to attend their graves.
Community Altar Exhibit
Community members will honor those who have passed on with traditional altars. These altars are built based on the loved one’s favorite foods, drinks and items. Photographs and a summary about the altar will also be available for viewing. Honorees will include RGV Families of Friends of Murdered Children Inc. and Children’s Bereavement Center of the Rio Grande Valley
Artisans
- Artesanos Mexicano
- Traditional clothing from Oaxaca and Guerrero
- Robot Annie
- Love, Caroline O.
- Cinco Wildflowers
- Artesanias de Plata Xochitlhquetzaillis
- Mexican imports
- Chaquira
- Manos Artesanales/Emma’s Art Decor
- Balloons and Faces
- Social Gifts and Gems
- Face painting by Laura Sofia/Paper Hearts
- Alablanca Apparel
Food Vendors
- Nuri Food Truck
- La Mexicana Bakery
- Guisados en olla de barro (stews)
- Pozole
- Elote en vaso (corn in a cup)
- Roasted corn
- Fresh fruit cups
- Mango en flor (flower cut mango)
- Fresh coconuts
- Fresas con crema (strawberries in cream)
- Pan dulce (sweet bread)
- Raspas
- Funnel fingers
- Nieve Mexicana (Mexican ice cream)
- Calaveritas de chocolate (chocolate skulls)
- Aguas frescas
- Sodas
- Sweet champurrado
- Beer tasting from McAllen-based brewer Rabble Rouser Brewing Company (while supplies last)
Schedule of Performances (as of 10/27/2017)
4:00 p.m. ………. Edinburg North High School Mariachi Oro
4:15 p.m. ………. Edinburg North High School Conjunto Dorado Norteño
4:30 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Las Palmas Community Center Ballet Folklórico
Grupo Folklórico RGV
Alcortaʼs Compañia de Danza Folklórica
Conceptos Entidad Dancística
Economedes High School Grupo Folklórico Jaguar
5:15 p.m. ………. Rio Jordan
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Edinburg Folklórico Dance Team
Conceptos Entidad Dancística
Alcortaʼs Compañia de Danza Folklórica
Edinburg North High School Ritmo Dorado
Edinburg High School Ballet Folklórico Kuxtal
PSJA North HS Grupo Folklórico Ichtequi
Edinburg High School n-Motion Dance Company
Mission Parks and Recreation Ballet Folklórico
8:00 p.m. ………. Treble Thrivers
8:15 p.m. ………. Dezorah
9:00 p.m. ………. Chulita Vinyl Club
7:00 p.m. ………. “The Life and Times of Juanito Gonzalez” by Pedro García (Panteón area)
