![]() ![]() Statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus that her grandmother used to place at the entry of her house, tier 1 Structure composed of cinder blocks and boards, partly as a nod to common Mexican construction methods It’s been nice to share and educate people about it.” ![]() “I’ve been doing different Tik Toks for Day of the Dead how to make the arch and paper flowers. It was a good reminder to me that death is - you’re missing the person, but you shouldn’t mourn their death, you should celebrate their life.”Īrch of paper marigolds with monarch butterflies, top It was like a fiesta.you could tell they had a good time. Just seeing how the families decorated the gravesites, how they brought food, they spend their time there celebrating their ancestors. The graveyards were beautifully decorated with marigold, so I stopped to get out and look around. It wasn’t until I went to Mexico and experienced it firsthand is when I started building altars.Just actually experiencing it firsthand in Mexico was spiritual and impactful.We drove to Patzcuaro in Michoacan.and we passed by the graveyards. “My family didn’t actively make an altar or any of that. After high school I started discovering it and celebrating it.” Jen Negrete, household altar on display at Centro Cultural Aztlan: “My mom came from that generation that had their culture suppressed. Texas Public Radio Tiers numbered from top (1) to bottom (6).
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