By Alizah Salazar, Staff Reporter Dia de Los Muertos is a cornerstone of CSUDH campus culture, bringing together students, faculty, staff and the Carson community. The annual event on campus offers a space for reflection and a celebration of life – a must-attend experience for anyone interested in learning more about this Toro tradition. The […]
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My Special Dead Family
By: Robert Rios, News Editor My family loves to celebrate the holidays. Every year we decorate my home and yard to the proper time of celebration. For Christmas we put up lights all around the house and put different corny inflatables everywhere. For Easter we like to put colorful eggs in the yard so the […]
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The Vibrant Life of the Day of the Dead
Photo by Nova Blanco-Rico By Violeta Rocha, Co-Social Media Manager Christmas, Easter and Halloween are three examples of rituals and traditions with roots reaching back more than 2,000 years that have become secularized and commercialized holidays emphasizing consumerism over culture. Is Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, next on the list? For […]
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Dia De Los Muertos Brings CSUDH Together With Celebration of Culture and Syncretism
CSUDH held its annual celebration of Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Nov. 1, outside La Corte Hall. Scheduled events ranged from the Procession of Civil Rights to music and dance performances. Food trucks sold tacos and other traditional Mexican food while students painted sugar skulls and their faces, and paid respects to various altars.
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Dia de los Muertos Is for the Living
By Joseph Baroud Staff Writer Get ready to honor the dead while celebrating the present, as California State University, Dominguez Hills holds its Día de los Muertos all-day festival Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Sculpture Garden. “My definition of this event is commemorating past loved ones,” said Efren Melena, a graduate […]