Dia de Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever

Saturday, October 27, 2012

12pm to 12am

The 2012 Dia de Los Muertos festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery is the largest celebration of it’s kind in California. This year’s event will reach back to the pre-Aztec roots of Dia De Los Muertos and explore the Mayan Gods, rituals and calendar.

This joyful celebration of our ancestors will feature:

• · Musical performances by Ozomatli, La Santa Cecilia, Very Be Careful, Las Cafeteras, and Tribu
• · 100+ Altars created by members of the community to their ancestors and loved ones
• · Costume contest for best dresses Calaca (skeleton)
• · Hundreds of Aztec Ritual Dancers in full costume
• · An Art Exhibition in the Cathedral Mausoleum
• · A children’s arts project area presented by LACMA (The Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
• · A new Dance Plaza featuring historical and modern dance rituals
• · Arts and Crafts vendors
• · Food vendors from around Los Angeles

Hollywood Forever Cemetery, 6000 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 - www.ladayofthedead.com