Last Updated 11/7
El Día de los Muertos
In this project, we researched the Spanish holiday known as The Day of the Dead. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where the day is a bank holiday. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the Christian triduum of Hallowmas: All Hallows' Eve, All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ofrendas honoring the deceased using sugar skulls,marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.
After understanding what Day of the Dead is all about, each student chose to write a poem about this individuals and also create a artifact that represents that person in the style of the Day of the Dead artwork.
After understanding what Day of the Dead is all about, each student chose to write a poem about this individuals and also create a artifact that represents that person in the style of the Day of the Dead artwork.
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Mi reflexión del trabajo
At the conclusion of this project, I have learned a great deal about how the Spanish culture views death and loss and instead of treating it as a great sorrow as they do in America, they use this holiday not only to respect death, but to laugh at it. The most challenging part of this project was attempting to make my sculpture and poem reflect my passed relative truthfully and I am very proud of how I successfully accomplished this task. If I was to do this project again I would change my creation process to where I develop my poem first and then my art piece, allowing my to sculpt the art from the poem, not visa-versa, which proved very challenging. The exhibition for this project was very successful with an enormous attendance from the Durango community.
At the conclusion of this project, I have learned a great deal about how the Spanish culture views death and loss and instead of treating it as a great sorrow as they do in America, they use this holiday not only to respect death, but to laugh at it. The most challenging part of this project was attempting to make my sculpture and poem reflect my passed relative truthfully and I am very proud of how I successfully accomplished this task. If I was to do this project again I would change my creation process to where I develop my poem first and then my art piece, allowing my to sculpt the art from the poem, not visa-versa, which proved very challenging. The exhibition for this project was very successful with an enormous attendance from the Durango community.