ASU's Polytechnic campus on the east side of Mesa will hold its Día de los Muertos celebration from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29, marking 10 years since the tradition began with one altar built for a class.
Admission is free, and the evening is open to the public as well as the ASU community, the Queen Creek Tribune reported. The university's Latinx Oral History Lab and its College of Integrative Sciences and Arts are the organizers.
Bring a photo
More than a dozen ofrendas, the altars that honor people who have died, will be at the center of the evening. Organizers are inviting visitors to bring photographs of family members and friends who have died to place on community altars.
A separate altar will honor veterans and service members who have died; the university's veterans office is putting it together and will take photos and keepsakes.
Music, dance and crafts
On the program are Mariachi Rubor, an Arizona mariachi made up entirely of women; Ballet Folklórico Quetzalli-AZ, a dance troupe from the East Valley; and the traditional dancers of Grupo Yolloincuauhtli. Children and families can decorate skulls, make altar frames, craft paper flowers and crowns, and get La Catrina-style face painting. Food will be on hand.
