Celebration of the Day of the Dead at Amsterdam University College
The Day of the Dead is a uniquely Mexican tradition celebrated on 1 November and 2 November when Mexicans remember their departed loved ones.
Event details of
Celebration of the Day of the Dead at Amsterdam University College
- Date
- 26 October 2022
- Time
- 19:00 -21:00
- Location
- Amsterdam University College (AUC)
- Room
- Common Room
Annual Mexican celebration of departed loved ones
This year at AUC, this blended (mestizo) cultural celebration is being recreated for faculty, students and visitors interested in learning more about this colourful and unique Mexican cultural tradition, which today is practised throughout the Netherlands by individuals, families, artists, groups and cultural organisations.
You are invited to bring a memento or a photo of loved ones to place on the altar to join with “ofrendas,” offerings of food, candles and mementos placed for the enjoyment of the spirits. This event has been possible with QAF funding from the Services & Communications team.
- Speaker: Dr. Martha Montero-Sieburth, cultural anthropologist and AUC lecturer, will present an overview of the significance of this celebration.
- Convenor: Dr. Luis Aguilar Suarez, lecturer and tutor at AUC, teaches the courses “Programming your World” and “Thermodynamics.”
Evening programme on 26 October
The programme for the evening will include:
- Viewing of the altar installations by students and visitors
The altar has been designed in conjunction with Oaxacan visual artist Emilio Sánchez Díaz, who has enacted altars for the dead in public spaces throughout the Netherlands, and Proyecto Tule (Julieta Cook, Rosanna de Bruin, María Eugenia Calvo, and Angela Báez) who are a group of teachers of Spanish, pedagogue and parents dedicated to the maintenance of Spanish language and Mexican culture - Introduction to the Celebration of the Day of the Dead by Dr. Luis Aguilar, lecturer in the Sciences at AUC and convenor
- Presentation on the significance of death for Mexicans and its transnational influences by Dr. Martha Montero-Sieburth
- Sharing of songs of the dead with Patricia Bol, international folk singer
- Introduction of the Catrina with Ileana Alicia Wolters, UNESCO dance expert and choreographer
- Breaking of the special bread of the dead, “pan de Muertos” from the Mas que Pan bakery owned by Angelica Cabrera
- Sharing of Champurrado or chocolate gruel made by Victoria González
Location
Amsterdam University College
Common Room
Science Park 113
Amsterdam 1098 XG
