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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.
A sugar skull, a common gift for children and decoration for the Day of the Dead.. A calavera (Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of the Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton.
A traditional Batak Toba house in North Sumatra. Ethnic groups in Indonesia are often associated with their distinctive form of rumah adat. [2] The houses are at the centre of a web of customs, social relations, traditional laws, taboos, myths, and religions that bind the villagers together.
The main altar located in the centre was made in the 19th century in the Netherlands. It was moved from a Jesuit church in Groningen in 1956. In this altar, there is a main cross of Jesus and the tabernacle. [1] The body of the building was made of thick red bricks covered with plaster and applied with patterns to mimic natural stone construction.
Altar de Cuerda has a duration of about 28 minutes and is cast in three movements: "Morisco chilango" ("Chilango Moorish") "Canto abierto" ("Open Song") "Maya déco" The title of the first movement refers to Ortiz's Mexico City background (where "chilango" is a slang term used to denote its residents) and Dueñas's Andalusian background; the composer thus combined elements of Latin American ...
The News Tribune’s first digital Dia de los Muertos altar The News Tribune is creating its first digital altar to build a space for the community to celebrate and honor family and loved ones who ...
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The architectural form of the martyrium was developed from Roman architecture, mainly based on imperial mausolea. Constantine the Great applied this style to the tomb of Jesus at the Anastasis in Jerusalem (c. 326–380s) and the Apostles' Church in Constantinople, while also erecting round mausolea for himself and his daughters. [5]