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Can anyone make an ofrenda? Courtesy Alani Vargas. While anything that has to do with cultures other than your own should be dealt with with the utmost respect, a lot of Mexicans believe that ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... An ofrenda is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de ...
An ofrenda (Spanish: "offering") is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de los Muertos celebration. An ofrenda , which may be quite large and elaborate, is usually created by the family members of a person who has died and is intended to welcome the deceased to the altar setting.
Ofrendas are constructed with several layers on top of tables, typically draped with a serape. The top layer represents heaven while the base layer represents earth, according to NPR.
Self Help Graphics & Art, Inc. is a community arts center in East Los Angeles, California, United States.Established in 1970, Self Help Graphics served as a critical locus of activity during the Chicano art movement and is a center for Chicano and Latino artistic production.
The ofrenda, one of many set up for the cemetery’s Dia de Muertos, both recognize the devastation from the storm and celebrate the lives it stole. Students pay tribute to Helene’s missing and ...
A bouquet and votive candles with an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe sit near the wedding portrait of Gardenia Rangel’s parents on a small table in the living room of their old home. The electric ...