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marigolds and enjoy exclusive access to the galleries. Tickets to go on sale fall 2018; visit AmericanIndian.si.edu for updates.


Known as catrinas, these elegant papier-mâché creations mock at the living and their foibles.


Detail of the Museum’s community ofrenda featuring sugar skulls and a cyclist delivering pan de muertos, or bread for the dead.


DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS/DAY OF THE DEAD Saturday, Oct. 27 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. The end of October and beginning of No- vember marks the end of the long migration for the Monarch butterfly. The butterfly’s arrival in Mexico also marks the beginning of the celebration,Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. This year’s program celebrates the Monarch butterfly through the creation of an interactive mural with Joaquin Newman (Yaqui/Mexica), butterfly luminaria and butterfly mask activities. The butterfly will also appear in the contemporary ofrenda celebrating the marigold paddler, an ancient Mayan story as interpreted by Evelyn Orantes (Quiche Maya), traditional ofrendas by Oaxacan-born Lucina Flores (Mexica) and Puebla-born Luz Maria Reyes (Mixtec). Cultural performances of Danza de los Tecuanes (Dance of the Jaguar) and Danza de los Viejitos (Dance of the Old Men) will be shared by Grupo los Tecuanes (Mixtec).


Federal support for this program is provided by the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center.


AFTERNOON CONCERT WITH PASATONO Sunday, Oct. 28 3 p.m. Celebrate Día de los Muertos at the National Museum of the American Indian with Mex- ico’s premier Indigenous music ensemble, Pasatono. Made up of musician-researchers, Pasatono is dedicated to celebrating, reinter-


Museum community ofrenda featuring a traditional Guatemalan sawdust carpet with butterfly décor. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 41


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