HAPPENINGS

2009 Dia de los Muertos

6th STREET:

@ Our Creations
    Dia de los Muertos arts & crafts
      (watch a video)
    Children's Crafts
      Decorate your own skull pin
      Make tissue paper flowers
      Face Painting

@ Z-Fabrique

@ fINdings Art Center
    Thru MY Eyes
    Art exhibit

@ Renaissance Lot Stage
    Mariachi Academy of Carson
    Estrellas de Mexico
    Grupo Folklorico Nadino
    Telpochcalli Coyolxauhqui Aztec
     Dancers
    Fontain M. U. S. E.
    Bobby Z Band

7th STREET:

@ Mishi’s Strudel
    Pan de Muertos

@ Studio 345
    Pat Woolley, artist
    Altar on display


A Great Day to Stroll with the DeadEl Día de los Muertos

A time to celebrate our deceased family members and friends and the continuity of life through our children.

On October 30, 2011, Downtown San Pedro will be THE place to be for the biggest Día de los Muertos celebration in Southern California!

  • Folklórico Dancers
  • Mariachi
  • Story telling
  • Art Center for children

Vendors will be selling delicious tacos, pupusas, churros, hot dogs, snowcones, as well as Día de los Muertos themed crafts.

Stage with entertainment all day - music, dancing, calaveras, and more.

Activities for children will start at 3PM. Bring the whole family and Stroll with the Dead through historic and charming Downtown San Pedro.

See a schedule of events here..

2009 Dia de los MuertosHistory

More than 500 years ago, when the Spanish conquistadores landed in what is now Mexico, they encountered natives practicing a ritual that seemed to mock death. This ritual had been practiced for thousands of years and was one that the Spaniards would try unsuccessfully to eradicate. This ritual is known today as Dia de los Muertos.
The Aztecs and other Meso-American civilizations kept skulls as trophies and displayed them during the ritual. The skulls symbolized death and rebirth. The skulls honored the dead whom were believed to come back to visit during the MONTH long ritual. Unlike the Spaniards, who viewed death as the end of life, the natives viewed it as the continuation of life. Instead of fearing death, they embraced it. To them, life was a dream and only in death did they become truly awake…

Find out more about Día de los Muertos on our Resources page..