Posts Tagged ‘Dia de los Muertos’
MIKIZTLI: Phoenix’s Largest Dia de Los Muertos Festival Set for October 30
Free Festival Returns to Steele Indian School Park for 11th year MIKIZTLI: Dia de los Muertos, Phoenix’s largest Dia de los Muertos festival, celebrates its 11th year on Sunday, October 30 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Steele Indian School Park. Presented by Cultural Coalition, this year’s MIKIZTLI [mee-kish-tlee] is a free event, bigger than…
Read MoreRecap of 10th Annual Mikiztli Dia de Los Muertos Phx Festival
Tlazokahmati! Thanks to all participants: artists and community – from the annual #Mikiztli Dia de los Muertos festival in Phoenix! Photos by Jose Munoz https://www.photosbyjosemunoz.com
Read MoreWhy Mikiztli? [Meeh-keesh-tleeh]
This year the Cultural Coalition, Inc. has changed the name of the 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, we will decolonize the name of…
Read MoreMikiztli in Mesa – A Dia de Los Muertos Celebration!
Mikiztli [mee-keesh-tleeh] and its history can be found tracing far back into Anáhuac, the original name of pre-colonial Meso America. Before the arrival of the Europeans, the indigenous peoples had no word for death in the Náhuatl language. We viewed death as a transition from this life to the next, called Mikiztli, a transformation or…
Read MoreEverything you’ve always wanted to know about Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
If you’ve never celebrated Dia de Los Muertos before, or learned about its history you might have some questions about the origin of the holiday. If you’re not a Spanish-speaker, you might even be unfamiliar with some of the vocabulary or traditions of Day of the Dead. Not to fear though! Today we’re answering all…
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