Spanish Culture Club Celebrates Day of the Dead |
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Culinary Arts
student Virginia Anderson (center) serves the Mexican bread
she prepared for Friday's "Día de los Muertos,"
event at West Kentucky Community & Technical College.
Also photographed is (left) Spanish students Felicia Bowen
and (right) Erin Greene. |
Throughout Mexico and Latin America, the first and
second days in November are used to remember loved ones who have
died.
After hearing about the day known as "Día de los Muertos," Day of the Dead, members of West Kentucky Community & Technical College’s Spanish Culture Club wanted to celebrate the custom, and did so on November 2.
About 20 students drank hot chocolate and tasted a typical Mexican sweet bread called pan de muerto during the celebration on campus. There was also an area to create decorative skulls, similar to what the sugar skulls look like in Mexico.
Sister Imelda Quechol and Miguelina Sanderson were also present to answer questions and share in the celebration.
“Day of the Dead” celebrations vary from region to region. In the cities, it would be a day to visit the cemetery with flowers. In the pueblos, the families may go to the cemetery and spend the entire day and evening, having brought foods and drink that were favorites of the loved ones. In some cases, a type of altar is built in the home.
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