RICHLAND, Wash.-Washington State University Tri-Cities will be hosting a Día de Muertos Celebration on Nov. 1 to honor and celebrate those who have passed.
Hosted by WSU Tri-Cities MOSAIC Center for Student Inclusion, Dreamers Club, Foodies Club, and the Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the celebration will be in the Student Union Building from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
“This celebration has a deep meaning to bring the communities in Tri-Cities with roots in pre-Hispanic cultures as an act of love towards the ones who transcended, and opening the possibility for folks without roots in Mesoamerica to also celebrate their dead,” Marco Cerqueira, MOSAIC Center Coordinator.
According to Cergueira, Día de los Muertos honors native cultures of Mesoamerica, in which indigenous peoples in current Mexico and parts of Central America buried their dead wrapped in a petate, a type of mat, and their family organized a party to guide them on their journey to Mictlán, or the underworld.
The community is invited to WSU’s Día de los Muertos celebration and a community altar will be provided for attendees to place photos and items on, according to a WSU press release on the event.
