Posts Tagged ‘Masks’
Photos from Mask Alive 2021!
Mask Alive was a Hit! Thank you to all who showed up to make an amazing and the donors who made this event happen!
Read MoreEnter to Win “Totoneac” Mask by Zarco Guerrero
Make a donation to Cultural Coalition through PayPal of $20 to be entered into a chance drawing to win this exotic and unique work of art by master Zarco Guerrero, retail value is $1,000. To increase your chances of winning, receive additional entries with larger donations: $20 donation = 1 raffle ticket entry $100 donation or more = 6…
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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