Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead | Artbound | Season 10, Episode 3 | KCET

Día de los Muertos has been adapted for centuries from its pre-colonial roots to the popular depictions in mass media today. Inspired by rich Oaxacan traditions, it was brought to East Los Angeles in the 1970’s as a way to enrich and reclaim Chicano identity through a small celebration at Self Help Graphics and Art. Since then, the celebration has grown in proportions with renditions enacted in communities all around the world. In contrast to all the glamorous fanfare Dia de los Muertos now receives, Artbound offers a more intimate look at this ritual through the story of artist Ofelia Esparza, who continues the tradition of building altars to remember the dead. Journey with her as she travels back to Mexico in search of her ancestral roots.

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[michellereilly]

If it wasnt for Coco I wouldnt know or appreciate Day of the Dead. One of my best friends that lived with me showed me how to set up an ofrenda. So if it inspired even just a few not latinos to understand, appreciate and even celebrate Dia de los Muertos, that is a good thing.

[starry_sky]

Día de los muertos 💀 comes from Mexico. There are other cultures that also honor their dead but in different ways. Mexicans have a very unique way of doing it. I think it’s cool that people hold onto their roots in LA and in around the world. I hope it never gets lost because that’s where our bloodline comes from whether we like it or not. We should be proud of our roots and we should pass it onto future generations. I feel very proud to be Mexican American! 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 my heart ❤️ feels very Mexican even though I was born in the U.S.

[haydeeramos]

I was born in California, but when I was 3 years old, I was taken to Oaxaca where my dad is from. I lived there for 7 years, so I remember going to the cemetery with my mom and aunts to take flowers and candles for my grandma, uncle and other family members.

[irisutube]

No sure why some of these comments are negative, we should be proud that this Mexican tradition is being celebrated all over the world. I'm happy that other countries are interested in our tradition.

[yelbumbumbumbumbum]

One thing, when they said people migrated, never, ever said that again when California was mexico

[StephanieKruzsh]

Beautiful way to honour loved ones and family that has passed..LOVED IT 💜TY for educating others about tradition and respect..

[yuliancoronado]

I'm not going to argue about it, I just want to say that this is Mexican tradition.
And thanks for celebrating it. This is really important in my country.
And It's October 2019!

[nalinakshamutsuddi]

I'm from India. I liked the video. It's a good tradition. May be inherited from the Aztecs. It seems everybody believes in the existence of the soul

[juandediosespinoza]

MY TREASURE MY MEXICAN CULTURE !!! THE BEST FOREVER !!!

[m.ed.pedroalbertoperezgarz]

Let's see, please do not confuse people, especially foreigners, the day of the dead is a 100% Mexican tradition that has existed for many years in what is central and southern Mexico of its aboriginal tribes that has been saved and It exists to this day ... it descends from the Aztec tribes, Toltec Mayans, Teotihuacanos, Zapotecs, Purepechas etc. Nativi de Mexixo before the Spanish conquest.

[Anfernee_G]

This needs more views. Really happy to see you discuss Posada, who I think is unfairly forgotten by most people. Well done!

[Becky_Cal]

Sorry, Europe, stop trying to take credit for everything. No! The skulls are tied to the pre-Hispanic cultures and not only the Aztecs. This tradition has been celebrated in Michoacan by the Purepecha people who celebrate it to this day. And the Aztecs celebrated a month-long festival honoring the “Lady of the Dead” where images nd costumes of skulls and skeletons were used. Please STOP having white people opine or speak of a culture they have no knowledge of and trying to twist our culture to somehow give credit to “white Europeans.” And someone from Otis College speaking on the matter as if she were an “expert”...please 🙄👎🏼

“The indigenous culture of skulls and the death-goddess Mictecacihuatl is common in pre-Columbian art. Lady of the Dead, Mictecacihuatl, was keeper of the bones in the underworld, and she presided over the ancient month-long Aztec festivals honoring the dead. Since the pre-Columbian era, Mexican culture has maintained a certain reverence towards death...”

[christophm]

Inaccuracies in verbiage aside, this is a beautiful documentary about a beautiful holiday. I love that they traveled back to Mexico, to the origin, and then moved it (it migrated it) back to East Los Angeles, where it's been continued, adapted, changed, but still maintains its intimacy as focused on family and tradition as it ever was.

[sadlobster]

I love Mexico's views on life and death, how they believe that death is simply the start (or transition) into another "life."

Whereas here in most of America, we see death as something to be feared; as well as believing that "dead people are just plain gone"

[ciscogomezify]

Whenever I think of those days I think of good company, music, food and maybe dancing. Gotta have a parade and cool fireworks too ❤.

[themoonflowerfaerie]

Such a beautiful & special day to remember our loved ones and their lives <3 I honor them in my heart everyday.

[alexandrakennedy]

Wonderfully done! Beautifully shot, and I love the stories about how the Chicano movement brought about the revitalization of Día de Los Muertos to L.A. Being a chicana myself, my parents didn’t grow up celebrating this tradition because my grandparents had lost it or didn’t see it necessary when assimilating to the U.S. culture. So because of this I barely discovered this tradition in high school, and then started celebrating it when I went to college. My grandparents were from Guanajuato as well, and I felt such a connection to the woman visiting her grandmothers homeland. Her story was the most profound and I thank you for sharing it💜

[oskarblonde]

Dia de Muertos is celebrating in different ways in Mexico depending of the region or the indiginous influence. I'm from La Huasteca and we call it Xantolo and every state in Mexico has its own way and tradition to celebrate it. But it's more that paint your face or costums this is a tradition of families and comunities you have to understand that is about life and understand what is the real meaning of this celebration.

[larojigualda]

EL origen del Dia de Muertos es definitivamente prehispánico, aunque la celebración actual tiene una mezcla con el cristianismo español. Pero es inequívocamente una tradición peculiar de México y que otros países no deberían intentar apropiarse, aunque claro que la inmigración mexicana en otros países la lleva con ellos. Que otros países la disfruten, por supuesto, pero que respeten su esencia. Por supuesto hoy en día incluye "nuevas" tradiciones que no se hacían hace sólo 50 años, pero eso es normal en cualquier país, la técnica avanza y nos gustan los espectáculos a lo grande. Soy española y me encanta esta tradición. Creo que no es macabra como sí es Halloween, sino que es una celebración de la vida de alguien que no está ya con nosotros pero que igualmente llevamos en nuestra memoria y nuestro corazón. Es bonito que nuestros muertos tengan un día especial y que las familias se sigan juntando poniéndose al día de una forma alegre, y no triste como se estila en otros sitios. Nacemos, vivimos, dejamos nuestro granito y la vida continúa, qué bonito!

[tsgl]

"Dia de los muertos is something that is very much LA"
WHAT!?!?!?