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SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present a “Día de los Muertos” Free Family Day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22 at 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
For the 34th year, the Museum honors the Mexican tradition of remembering the dead with a display of altars created by students in the Museum’s outreach programs and community groups. Día de los Muertos inspired art activities for all ages will be offered on the Front Terrace and in the Family Resource Center. New this year, end the event at 3:45 pm with a procession down State Street to the Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara (MCASB) with Latinx Indigenous immigrant community members and traditional dances and music from the Mixtec and Zapotec region of Oaxaca.
For the procession, costumed participation (Catarinas, Calaveras, and skull or skeleton and human and animal inspired designs) is encouraged.
List of music and dance groups performing 3:45 – 4 pm on the street in front of the Museum, then leading the procession to MCASB at 4 pm. All are from the Mixtec Region of Oaxaca Mexico, except Oaxacreations Monos de Calenda are Zapotec Region:
Los Catrines
Danza de Diablos de la Mixteca Baja grupo Agua Azul de Santiago Juxthahuaca Oaxaca
Danza Mexica
Oaxacacreations Monos de Calenda de Ejutla de Crespo, Oaxaca
Banda de Viento San Jorge
Los hijos de San Juan Mixtepec
Enjoy the Día de los Muertos event at MCASB from 4 to 7 pm.