Outside Event: Dia de los Muertos

[West Lafayette Campus]

Friday, November 1| 6PM-8PM | North & South Ballrooms, Purdue Memorial Union, 101 Grant Street West Lafayette, IN 47906

Each year the Purdue University Latino Cultural Center gathers to call upon our ancestors who have passed, and to celebrate their life and death.  In 2008, UNESCO recognized the importance of Día de los muertos by adding the holiday to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Day of the Dead originated several thousand years ago with the Aztec, Toltec, and other Nahua people. For these pre-Hispanic cultures, death was a natural phase in life’s long continuum. The dead were still members of the community, kept alive in memory and spirit—and during Día de los Muertos, they temporarily returned to Earth.

The evening will also feature crafts, live performances, and traditional food enjoyed on Dia de los muertos.

Co-sponsored with PSUB