Dia de los muertos altar at home7/12/2023 ![]() “ All of that just starts to bottle up and to have a spot where you could just remember and feel like, okay, you’re not alone.” “We’ve had loss of jobs, we’ve had loss of lives, we’ve dealt with police brutality in our community as well, many lives lost at the border.” Zepeda said. Zepeda says she hopes having an ofrenda at the Capitol shows the value in tradition, brings healing to the pain members of the community have been experiencing, and creates a visible space for them to come together. ![]() Frida Solano Vega, daughter of lead artist Monica Vega, helps her mother set up the first-ever Altar de Muertos at the State Capitol building. Katya Zepeda is the council’s Legislative and Policy Director of Education and coordinated the work from the artists and organizers with the Capitol. “I think it’s important that we do them here, so that we can feel like we are part of this community and not just in a different land where our traditions don’t matter.”Ĭarmen Maya and Aaron Johnson-Ortiz pitched the idea to the Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs. ![]() But I know a lot of people that move here and they, you know, are not able to go back to their country, and they miss all the things that, you know, remind them of their family, of their town, of their tradition,” Johnson-Ortiz reflected. “I’m Mexican-American, so I can go back and forth. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription.
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