Artists’ colorful creations ready to lift spirits for Día de Muertos

Minnesota Public Radio
Supporters hope Sunday festival brings joy to south Minneapolis after tough year.

It’s a Thursday night and for several weeks local artists and community members have gathered to prepare for the upcoming Día de Muertos celebration on Lake Street in Minneapolis.

Grito de los Ancestros celebration in Minneapolis

Star Tribune
El Grito de los Ancestros Procession led by the Asinganaak Singers featured more than 30 twin cities artists and organizations including the Mexica Yolotle dance troupe.Co-presented by BareBones and Festival de las Calaveras, this year’s event gathered people from multiple communities to honor ancestors, remember the dead and celebrate the Cycles of Life.

BareBones Puppets presenta El Grito de los Ancestros para su vigésima octava Extravaganza Anual el 31 de octubre

VidaySabor
El evento es una nueva asociación entre BareBones Puppets y el Festival de las Calaveras, que brinda un espacio para el dolor colectivo, la pérdida y la muerte y fomenta la unidad comunitaria en las Ciudades Gemelas en celebración de los Ciclos de la Vida.

At Festival de las Calaveras, Latinx Minnesotans ‘remember, reflect, and connect with our ancestors’

MinnPost
For three hours at CLUES, a few hundred people expressed, in a burst of artful ways, their love for their Latinx community and gone-not-gone loved ones, and about the thin lines between this world and the afterworld.

Day of the Dead: Exhibition sheds light on rituals that honor ancestors