The Day of the Dead is about to arrive and the Maximum House of Studies of Mexico is getting ready for the already traditional Megaoffering UNAM 2022. It should be noted that this event is registered within the framework of the University Festival of the Day of the Dead.
The appointment is November 1 and 2 at the Santo Domingo Square in the Historic Center of Mexico City, which was once the old university neighborhood. The hours will be from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., with the theme “UNAM, 100 Years of Muralism.”
The Faculty of Arts and Design of the University will be in charge of making the monumental offering with Mexican muralism as the axis. Teachers, teachers, students and enthusiastic students will participate.
The objective of the MegaOffering UNAM 2022 is to exalt the pictorial movement that began in 1920 as part of the policies of the Mexican State to formulate a country project after the Mexican Revolution.
“Mexican muralism, promoted by the Secretary of Public Education, José Vasconcelos, followed a program to achieve the purposes of the revolutionary State: first, the appreciation and recovery of history, the source of national identity, and, second, , the recognition that the descendants of that history were still present in contemporary times.”
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Likewise, there will be two contests organized by the UNAM: literary and short film skulls. You can review the bases here.
MegaOffering UNAM 2022: How to make a Day of the Dead altar?
The day of the dead altar It is made up of basic elements whose valuable meaning has made it one of the most important parts of the celebration of the dead. This is carried out thanks to the fact that, it is believed, the souls return to enjoy the dishes, to taste the fruit and to contemplate the cempasuchil flower that is offered to them.
In this way, the living and the dead meet again in a dimension that allows them to coexist. It is worth mentioning that the offerings are placed on a table with two levels that symbolize heaven and earth. If there are three, purgatory is added. The largest are seven levels and represent the steps to eternal rest.
List of the fundamental elements for the Day of the Dead offering
- Water
- candles and candles
- Incense or copal
- cempasuchil flower
- cloud and wallflower
- Arch of flowers and fruit
- Cross
- Bread
- backpack
- Photographs of the deceased
- stewed food
- Sugar or chocolate skulls
- Izcuintle
- Salt
- Confetti
By Rodrigo Osegueda
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