POSTPONED due to illness:
Community Dia De Los Muertos Practice
Every year we gather to remember and honor our beloved dead with the Annual Dia De Los Muertos & Dia De Los Angeles Community Altar.
You are encouraged to bring paper offerings (photocopied photographs glued to card-stock, poems, drawings, etc.) to hang in the Tree of Life. A hole punch and small calavera cards will be provided on the front porch (to protect them from the elements). The altar space will remain up to receive community offerings and as a gathering place until a date in early November (weather permitting). The official days of celebration for Dia De Los Angeles (Day of the Angels for our departed children) and Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) are November 1-2. Please note that the altar is outside and accessible to the public. Use offerings and remembrance items you are comfortable leaving in the elements, unguarded. If it is important to you that your item be part of the closing Fire Ceremony, please note that laminated items and items otherwise unsuitable for burning cannot go into the Ritual Fire. Please collect any personal items you wish to keep by the day before the Fire Ceremony or join us at 12:00 as we unite for the loving disassembly of the altar and ritual fire, in the culmination of our annual remembering practice (weather permitting). There are innumerable ways and opportunities to participate and the Ofrenda will be completely accessible to all, for the entire duration of the event, from the October assembly through the November ceremony. Please be mindful that the altar is in our yard but respectful participation and contemplation are encouraged without time-limits. The altar is always open. Sign-ups appreciated for planning purposes if participating in crafting or disassembly/fire. Please join us; many hands and hearts make the greatest magic. Our community is not defined by geographical-space but by heart-space and we welcome you into ours.
This is a family-friendly, inclusive, loving, safer space. If an offering is deemed inappropriate it will be removed, blessed and respectfully disposed of.
Family Friendly Event
VEWING & USING THE ALTAR:
NO SIGN-UP NECESSARY to view or add to the altar during its installation. Please contact me for the location address.
ALTAR BUILD/FLOWER MAKING & DISASSEMBLY/RITUAL FIRE
SIGN UP REQUIRED to join us for the formal Assembly/Craft or Disassembly/Ritual Fire