Every year, the Casa Círculo Cultural organization organizes a Day of the Dead festival in Redwood City, which attracts thousands of people to the city from all over the Bay Area.
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This year there will not be a mass rally on November 1, Day of the Dead, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the organization has scheduled a virtual celebration that will begin at 4:00 pm on Facebook Live, in addition to other activities such as 1st Best Catrina Competition.
According to the information shared in social networks by Casa Círculo Cultural, "Catrina is better known as death and it can be shown in many ways. Sometimes she is found cheerful, dressed in elaborate fashion, wanting to have fun and even flirting with morals. At other times, she is found in the bones, ready to take us away when we least expect it.
The winners of the 1st Best Catrina Contest will be announced on November 1st on Casa Círculo Cultural's virtual event page on Facebook.
The rules of the contest are:
- The contest is open to the entire community.
- Participants will be able to sign up for free to the CCC Best Catrina Contest Facebook group before October 27.
- To participate, participants must have the number and rules that will be given to them when they register via Facebook messanger.
- The aspects to qualify will be:
Attachment to Mexican traditions: 20%
Wardrobe: 20%
Makeup: 20%
Charisma / Popular support: 20%. With regard to this point, it will be qualified through Facebook depending on the audience and the amount of "likes" received.
More information:
https://www.facebook.com/circulocultural.rwc
