Tag: Dia de Los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos event held in downtown Martinez
Main Street was full of costumed artists and their creations, at the Nov. 2 celebration. Dressed as a Mexican revolutionary a Dia de los Muertos event coordinator for the Martinez Arts Association, Lorena Castillo (left) stands next to her artistically designed alter with Pat Mitchell Rasich, another alter artist.
Festival of Altars celebration honors Dia de Los Muertos
MARTINEZ, Calif. – Sugar skulls, cigar-box nichos, large displays and a plaza filled with dancers turned Main Street into a Central American festival Saturday during the Dia de Los Muertos Festival of Altars. Under spreading black wings, which gained paper feathers decorated in colored chalk by children, residents set up small remembrances of lost loved […]
Martinez to celebrate deceased loved ones Saturday at Dia de Los Muertos Altar Festival
Martinez residents will gather along Main Street Saturday to remember deceased loved ones during the fifth annual Dia de Los Muertos Altar Festival. A collaboration of multiple organizations, the local Dia de Los Muertos activities began with the opening of an art exhibit at Martinez Library that continues through Nov. 10. The library was the […]
