• Around town
  • Arts+Entertainment
  • Community
  • From the Editors
  • News+Online

Hispanic Houston

Your source for Houston events and information...

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
You are here: Home / Events / Dia de los Muertos Festival on October 29-30, 2016

Dia de los Muertos Festival on October 29-30, 2016

October 29, 2016 by Sandra Fernandez Leave a Comment

Date/Time
Oct. 29, 2016 to Oct. 30, 2016

Location
MECA (Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts)
1900 Kane Street
Houston, TX 77007


WHAT: Dia de los Muertos Festival presented by the Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts (MECA)

WHEN: Saturday, October 29, 2016 & Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 11 am to 6 pm

WHERE: MECA, 1900 Kane Street Houston, Texas 77007

MORE INFO: http://www.meca-houston.org/dia-de-los-muertos.html & https://www.facebook.com/events/1021367251265889/

MECA proudly presents Dia De Los Muertos: Honoring our Past, Celebrating Our Future. Dia de los Muertos is a traditional Latin American holiday that honors and celebrates the lives of family and friends who have gone before us. Different countries celebrate Dia de los Muertos in their own unique way. The common theme that runs through the two-day celebration, traditionally held November 1 and 2, is the belief that the dead return home, visit loved ones, and feast on their favorite foods. A playful mockery of death and a reaffirmation of life are demonstrated through music, dance, theatre, and visual arts.

MECA’s event features Dia de los Muertos celebrations from throughout Latin America, with an Ofrenda Exhibition, foods from the Americas, vendors selling authentic Latin American Dia de los Muertos arts and crafts, and a Calavera Fashion Show. This festival truly is a community cultural event celebrating our ancestors and Latin American traditions. MECA Dia de los Muertos: Honoring Our Past, Celebrating Our Future is held at MECA’s colorful, art-filled campus located at the nationally recognized historic Dow School in Houston’s Old Sixth Ward.

The event will provide a unique opportunity for those unfamiliar with this tradition to learn how countries throughout the Latin American world celebrate this day, which is commonly known in other cultures as All Souls Day. Check out our webstie for more enclosed material that tell some of the history of this celebration and also of some of the wonderful traditions that MECA will observe during these two days.

* * *

We do our best to ensure all event information is accurate and up-to-date. However, it’s a good idea to visit the website listed or contact the organization or venue to verify event details.

Tags: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS, MECA, October 2016

Related Posts:

  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2020
    Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2020
  • Meet the 2020 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Recipients
    Meet the 2020 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Recipients
  • Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, A.K.A. El Día de la Batalla de Puebla
    Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, A.K.A. El Día de la…

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Today’s Events

  • No events
  • All Current & Upcoming Events

More

  • Around the town
  • Arts & Entertainment
  • Business & Money
  • Community
  • Food & Drink
  • From the Editors
  • In the News & Around the Web
  • People & Profiles

Recent News & Updates

  • Meet the 2020 Mayor’s Hispanic Heritage Awards Recipients September 30, 2020
  • Get counted in the Census September 29, 2020
  • Steps to take now for the Tropical Storm Warning September 20, 2020
  • Call for Latinx Art Entries for Holocaust Museum Houston September 16, 2020
  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month 2020 September 15, 2020

Recent Comments

  • X on Did you know that Wonder Woman is Latina?
  • Sandra Fernandez on EVENT: HWNT “Latinas in Progress” Scholarship Fundraising Mixer; March 25, 2014
  • Madyson Canas on EVENT: HWNT “Latinas in Progress” Scholarship Fundraising Mixer; March 25, 2014
  • Three Brothers Bakery Opens Washington Ave. Location – Hispanic Houston on The best fruitcake in Houston
  • Sandra Fernandez on Zumba at Discovery Green Park in May & June 2018

Copyright © 2021 · Log in