HIS360 Dia de los Muertos Exhibit: Lehman Library Lower Level Lobby
Have you seen our October exhibit in the Lower Level Lobby of Lehman Library? If you haven't, you should really go check it out before the end of October!
Students in Dr. Gretchen's Pierce's Spring 2021 HIS360 course (History of Mexico) created visual representations of altars (in one case, an physical altar) to memorialize a significant event in which a large number of people died. Students included items that are traditionally found on altars and were free to interpret specific details in a way that would better represent their historical event.
Dia de los Muertos is a holiday celebrated in Mexico, other countries in Latin America, and parts of the United States from November 1-2. The celebrations are a way of honoring deceased loved ones by placing personal items and their favorite foods and drinks on an altar. Celebrants also place brightly colored skulls and religious objects on the altar in honor of their deceased loved ones. Dia de los Muertos combines pre-colonial customs, the Catholic observances of All Saints' and All Souls' Days, and the secular Halloween holiday.
See some pictures of the exhibit below!
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