Maritere Satterlee and Clara Martinez dress as Calavera Catrina for the CLL’s Dia de los Muertos celebration. Photos courtesy of the SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning.
SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Community College SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (the CLL) hosted its free family-friendly Día de los Muertos celebration on Oct. 24 at the Schott Campus to commemorate the dead through a 4000-year-old Mesoamerican tradition.
Children of all ages participated in craft making activities from skull decorating to paper flower making, face painting, Mayan-inspired food demonstrations, and a photo-op with “La Calavera Catrina,” organizers reported.
About SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning (The CLL): The SBCC Center for Lifelong Learning mission is to be responsive to the diverse lifelong learning needs of adult members of the Santa Barbara Community through promoting knowledge of the arts, healthy living styles, and intellectual studies. The CLL aims to be the educational, cultural and social hub for the Santa Barbara community, continuing a nearly 60-year tradition of excellence.
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Guests at the CLL’s Dia de los Muertos celebration created a traditional “Nicho” or shrine.