It’s Día de Muertos season once again, and I’m commemorating the Mexican Day of the Dead by going to the grand community altar in downtown Los Angeles. Come join me on my afternoon of reflection while I talk a bit about the history of this special holiday.
Some Related Video(s?)
- Lety Does the Día de los Muertos Festival at Olvera Street
- Lety Does Olvera Street
- Día de los Muertos Novenario Procession and Ceremony | Olvera Street, Los Angeles | 2024-11-02 by @letydoesotherstuff_channel@peertube.doesstuff.social
Featured in This Video
- Downtown Día de Los Muertos⁽ᵃ⁾ at Gloria Molina Grand Park
- That first link there is where the QR code takes you and man is it just not a very informative page
- Gloria Molina Grand Park
- As described on Wikipedia
- Basically an entire slideshow
- Not ofrenda #8, which is missing for some reason
Some Non-English Vocabulary
- “Día de los Muertos” (Wikipedia)
- “ofrenda” (Wikipedia)
- “Día de Muertos” (Wikipedia)
- “taco” (Wikipedia)
- “Lázaro Cárdenas” (Wikipedia)
- “臺語”/“táiyǔ” (Wikipedia)
- “La Calavera Catrina” (Wikipedia)
- “Náhuatl” (Wikipedia)
- “nahua” (Wikipedia)
- “お盆”/“obon” (Wikipedia)
- “清明節”/“qīngmíng jié” (Wikipedia)
Chapters
0:00 Intro 6:16 “Raíces y Resonancia” 6:56 “We Continue in Our Land” 7:32 “Through Shadows of Sacrifice, Women Carried by Hope” 8:12 “Corazón y Compasión” 8:29 “Dedicado A Nuestros Abuelos” 8:46 “THIS LAND, THESE PEOPLE, THESE SPIRITS” 9:11 “Our Spirit for Justice Never Dies” 9:52 “Esperando” 10:08 “Estamos Unido” 10:38 “Mis Abuelos” 10:52 “Immigrants Made America” 11:12 “Metamorphosis” 11:20 “My Heritage, People of Influence, honoring and remembering familia and friends who influenced our cultural pride and traditions.” 11:45 “Semillas en el Desierto: La Esperanza No Tiene Fronteras” 12:19 “El Viaje Eterno” 12:37 “Land and Spirit” 12:58 “Pets That Have Crossed Over The Rainbow Bridge” 13:21 “Death of the American Dream” 13:53 “Let Freedom Ring: Honoring Our Immigrant Ancestors” 16:22 Outro