{"id":3756,"date":"2014-11-06T17:02:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T01:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2014-11-06T17:02:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T01:02:55","slug":"becalos-students-celebrate-dia-de-los-muertos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/uncategorized\/becalos-students-celebrate-dia-de-los-muertos\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e9calos Students Celebrate D\u00eda de los Muertos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/11\/Becalos-Dia-De-Los-Muertos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3757 alignleft\" alt=\"Becalos Dia De Los Muertos\" src=\"http:\/\/skylinecollege.edu\/skylineshines\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2014\/11\/Becalos-Dia-De-Los-Muertos-300x159.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"159\" \/><\/a>Students in the B\u00e9calos Program took part in D\u00eda de los Muertos celebrations at Skyline College on Wednesday, November 5. D\u00eda de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a holiday widely celebrated in Mexico and in various other countries around the world to honor and remember those who have passed away. B\u00e9calos students fundraised on campus and used their earnings to create an altar for the D\u00eda de los Muertos gallery exhibit. The altar was a tribute to the memory and life of Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter. The students worked diligently to create a platform that exhibited cultural significance and representation while reflecting their own personal artistic preferences.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from altar showpieces, the gallery also showcased paintings, sculptures and various forms of artistic expression in honor of this holiday. Traditional refreshments included pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, and pan dulce, or sweet bread. B\u00e9calos students provided entertainment for the event by playing instruments and singing cultural Mexican and popular contemporary English songs. A true exchange of cultures was witnessed by the many campus community members who viewed the art gallery, mingled, and enjoyed the seasonal festivities through food, music, art, and cultural dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the B\u00e9calos program, please contact Pcyeta Stroud at <a href=\"mailto:stroudp@smccd.edu\">stroudp@smccd.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Article and photo by Alessandra Zanassi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students in the B\u00e9calos Program took part in D\u00eda de los Muertos celebrations at Skyline<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylineshines.skylinecollege.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}