Walk This Way

Cultural education time! Día de Los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday for honoring lost loved ones. Held in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, it’s traditionally a two-day celebration beginning with Día de los Inocentes  (for remembering children and infants) and ending with Dia de los Muertos (for adults). It’s a holiday with a rich cultural legacy of vibrant color, symbolism and pageantry.

>[?Featuring dance groups, music, storytelling and crafts, the Desert Botanical Garden’s Día de los Muertos culminates in La Procesíon, where participants reenact the ancient indigenous tradition of marching as a community to ancestral burial sites to honor those who have gone before.
Sat., Oct. 29, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., Oct. 30, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 2011