Celebrate Family, Culture, and Art
This Sunday, Cultural Coalition is excited to welcome the Phoenix community, young and old, to celebrate family, cultura, art, and LA VIDA at the 10th Annual MIKIZTLI: Dia de los Muertos Festival at Steele Indian School Park on Sunday October 24. A full day of music, dance, interactive art, vendors, food trucks, kids crafts, and of course, Mikiztli’s signature altar or ofrenda, that is planning to be the largest it’s ever been to welcome community offerings.
Entertainment Schedule:
1:00 p.m. Danza Mexica - Danza Comunitária
1:30 p.m. Welcome by artist Zarco Guerrero and Land Prayer by Cheryl Thomas
1:40 p.m. Tatiana Crespo - Musical Performance
2:00 p.m. Ollin Yoliztli Dance Academy
2:30 p.m. Mariachi Corazón del Valle
3:00 p.m. Ballet Folklórico Quetzalli
3:30 p.m. Los Waukis- Musical Performance
3:50 p.m. Primavera Ballet Folklórico
4:15 p.m. Mariachi Rubor
4:40 p.m. Mask Raffle
4:55 p.m. Indigenous Enterprise
5:15 p.m. Sunset Procession with Zarco Guerrero Burning the Penas with the Curanderas
Visit diadelosmuertosphx.com and follow Cultural Coalition on facebook.com/culturalcoalitionaz for more information and updates to the schedule of performances, interactive art activities and food trucks! Entertainment schedule subject to change.
This event is made possible in part by Presenting Sponsor T-Mobile and through the support of the Raza Development Fund, Piper Charitable Trust, Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
EVENT DETAILS:
WHEN: Sunday, October 24th, 2021 from 1 to 6 p.m.
WHERE: Steele Indian School Park - 300 E Indian School Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85012
COST: Free

ABOUT CULTURAL COALITION, INC
Cultural Coalition, Inc. is a local non-profit who has committed to supporting indigenous artists and encouraging youth arts education for over 25 years. We are dedicated to the education, promotion, and development of indigenous artists throughout Arizona. We provide our community with much needed artistic programs that highlight and amplify the cultural diversity of the Valley of the Sun.

ABOUT MIKITZLI
In 2018, Cultural Coalition, Inc. changed the name of their annual Dia de los Muertos Festival to “Mikitztli” because of the blatant commercialization and cultural appropriation of El Dia de Los Muertos theme and its related imagery.
In order to better communicate and share this ancient indigenous cosmo-vision, they decolonized the name of their festival to Mikiztli – pronounced [meeh-keesh-tleeh] – which means “transition” and is symbolized as the “calaca” or “the smiling skull”.
In the Nahuatl language, the name given to this celebration is Mihcailhuitl [meeh-kah-ell-ooueeh-tl] and translated means “the feast of the spirits.”