{"id":13890,"date":"2022-11-03T15:47:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=13890"},"modified":"2022-11-03T16:02:45","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T23:02:45","slug":"day-of-the-dead-in-redwood-city-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/day-of-the-dead-in-redwood-city-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural Brings the Day of the Dead Tradition to Downtown Redwood City"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Like every year, Casa Circulo Cultural<\/a> and its partners\u2014the San Mateo County History Museum and the Friends of the Redwood City Library\u2014bring the most important celebration of Mexican tradition to the city center: the Day of the Dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time, it will be on Sunday, November 6th when the Plaza del Palacio de Justicia will become the monumental stage where a procession, catrinas, folk dance, Cuban and Peruvian music and even bel canto, will come together to delight the public and, without a doubt, accompany a large part of it to remember the land they left behind and their loved ones who are no longer with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ver\u00f3nica Esc\u00e1mez, director and founder of the Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural organization. Photo: Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Each year, Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural chooses a theme or region of Mexico that has a deep connection with this holiday. This year's theme is Xochimilco, which in Nahuatl means "land of cultivation." It is a majestic region of Mexico City, famous for the cultivation of flowers and where part of the system of water channels used by the Aztecs is still preserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Day of the Dead celebration is very important in Xochimilco. On this day, families make offerings in honor of their deceased loved ones, bring floral offerings to the cemeteries and travel the canals in trajineras \u2014traditional boats named after a woman and decorated with flowers\u2014. During the tour it is common to listen to live mariachi music, enjoy a good meal and hear legends about dead people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On November 6, the public will also be able to enjoy the traditional altars, which members of the Redwood City community created for this occasion following a call from Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as with any self-respecting Mexican holiday, there will also be food; stands selling tamales, bread of the dead, hot chocolate and other typical dishes of this commemoration will offer attendees the opportunity to reconnect with the flavors of their land, those they once enjoyed with their beloved deceased.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The public will be able to arrive from 3:20 p.m., since the Grupo Azteca Mictl\u00e1n show will begin at 3:40 p.m. From that moment on, every 20 minutes a different artist or group will perform, such as the Ballet Folkl\u00f3rico M\u00e9xico Vivo, the Coro Solera and the Coro del Centro Latino, the Charros de Tlaxcala, the Asociaci\u00f3n Cultural Kanchis del Per\u00fa, Los Panaderos, the Grupo Ensamble Folkl\u00f3rico Colibr\u00ed and Developpe Dance, with the ballet teachers of Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 6:10 to 6:30, the guests of honor: Sheriff Carlos Bola\u00f1os, Mayor Giselle Hale, Police Chief Dan Mulholland and the Consul of Mexico in San Francisco, Remedios G\u00f3mez Arnau, will give their welcoming speeches. Later, at 6:30 in the evening, the procession will begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural will present its typical Xochimilco dances with children, youth and adult groups led by teachers Casandra Espinoza, Anna Lee Mraz, Eduardo Torres and Omar Quezada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later, tenor Alonso Sicarios, accompanied by Martha Rodriguez Salazar on the flute and Jennifer Peringe on the piano, as well as Fiorela, a CCC student and this year's revelation, will offer a sample of their talent by interpreting traditional bel canto pieces, and the show will end with a dance thanks to the performance of Johnny el Guajiro, from 7:10 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural, the San Mateo County History Museum and the Friends of the Library have prepared an exciting commemoration of the Day of the Dead in the style of \u201cfrom Xochimilco to Redwood City.\u201d Be part of this magical and ancient tradition, which is a true celebration of life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in: From earth to earth: Oaxacan rugs on Day of the Dead<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Como cada a\u00f1o, Casa C\u00edrculo Cultural y sus aliados \u2014el Museo de Historia del Condado de San Mateo y los Amigos de la Biblioteca de Redwood City\u2014 llevan al centro de la ciudad la celebraci\u00f3n m\u00e1s importante de la tradici\u00f3n mexicana: el D\u00eda de Muertos. En esta ocasi\u00f3n, ser\u00e1 el domingo 6 de noviembre cuando […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":13891,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,14,11,7,44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13890","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-community","8":"category-cover","9":"category-culture","10":"category-events","11":"category-fotogaleria"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13899,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13890\/revisions\/13899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}