Programmed in partnership with the Consulate General of Mexico in Toronto and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, the Harbourfront Centre celebrates Mexico’s annual Day of the Dead Festival this weekend on Saturday and Sunday, November 3-4.
The event is a time of return – where families come together, city dwellers return to ancestral villages and the dead visit the living.
New this year, are special lectures and workshops led by experts in Mexican cuisine, history and visual art. Chloë Sayer, author and specialist in Mexican popular culture and history, presents an informative talk-back session with Carlomagno Pedro Martinez. Martinez, a renowned expert on the art of ‘barro negro’ (black clay) sculptures, will also hosts hands-on workshop.
The leading authority on Mexican regional cooking and ingredients, chef Diana Kennedy (known as the Julia Child of Mexican cooking), participates in an intimate and interactive conversation with local food authority Naomi Duguid.
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| Viva Mexico Mariachi – Source: Harbourfront Centre |
Visitors can also experience authentic mariachi tunes with Viva Mexico Mariachi, enjoy the music of Pedro Montejo and his guitar, Jorge Moreno and Café con Pan, watch a colourful dance performance from the Mexican Folkloric Dance Company and peruse at the Mexican Craft Market where artisans working with traditional materials such as paper, clay, and sugar create images filled with broad humour and cutting satire, to remind the living that the life you lead on earth garners respect or ridicule in the after-life.
Staff of the Consulate General of Mexico in Toronto present this year’s ofrenda dedicated to the recently deceased internationally renowned author, Carlos Fuentes.
Español: El Festival del Día de los Muertos se celebrará en Toronto en el Harbourfront Centre este Sábado y Domingo, 3-4 de Noviembre. Este festival es posible gracias a la colaboración del Consulado de México en Toronto, Harbourfront Centre y el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de México. Este evento es completamente GRATIS. La ofrenda de este año será dedicada al autor Carlos Fuentes. Durante el festival podran gozar de música Mariachi, bailes folkoricos de México y mucho más!
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Material Source: Consulate General of Mexico.
