The Michigan State University Museum along with the Cristo Rey Community Center is hosting El día de los Muertos activities and a multimedia exhibition that opened Oct. 28 and runs through Nov. 12. Taking place at the MSU Museum Community Gallery, the installation is "dedicated to the border-crossers fallen while pursuing a better life in the United States." University faculty will also examine and explain a diverse assortment of El día de los Muertos traditionsEl día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead in English, is observed Nov. 1 and 2 in Latin American cultures. Related to the Catholic holidays All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day and taking place the same days, the Day of the Dead honors the deceased in a variety of ways, including creating small shrines with pictures, flowers and candles with skulls as a major motif.
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