CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS!
From Brujo de la Mancha:
La ofrenda de la pandemia Covid-19.
I am planning to create a community ofrenda for the Day of the Dead, outside on The Rotunda's Front Plaza (the brick courtyard on the Walnut Street side of the building) for a few days. Everyone can contribute to this ofrenda from November 1st through November 5th, 2021.
Come by any time day or night starting Monday November 1 at 5pm to leave items for the ofrenda. The ofrenda will come down at 7pm Friday November 5.
There will also be live Aztec dancing and drumming from Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (7pm) + a paper flower workshop (6-8pm) on Tuesday November 2, also on the front plaza.
There will also be live Aztec dancing and drumming from Ollin Yoliztli Calmecac (7pm) + a paper flower workshop (6-8pm) on Tuesday November 2, also on the front plaza.
I'm inviting the community to participate, to add some kind of input. I'm the display/artist fixing the finished product/installation of the ofenda. I will make sets where people can put whatever they want.
Ofrendas are a very visual, colorful, and emotional representation of a party or altar for the people that pass away! People use many different items that represent or give meaning to what they feel or think is good to give or would feel good to the souls of the loved ones. This ofrenda will be open to everyone who wants to offer something (it can be anything) to those who died during the Covid-19 pandemic.
To me, this project is not limited to those who died from the virus. I think it is important to consider the impact of this pandemic in general. People die alone with the virus or not.
Flowers donated by Zoe Fox Flowers!! Please follow and support Zoe at
No need to register or anything. Just stop by the Front Plaza outside during the times above and leave your offering! Please don't try to bring anything into the building.