Los Muertos de las Guerra Injustas
Melanie Cervantes
20" x 27"
4-Color, Handprinted, Screenprint, Archival Lenox paper, Printed in Oakland, CA 2008
Días de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a holiday that focuses on gatherings of people to remember friends and relatives who have died. The celebration occurs on the 1st and 2nd of November. Scholars trace the origins of the modern holiday to indigenous observances dating back thousands of years to a Mexica (Aztec) festival dedicated to a goddess called Mictecacihuatl (known in English as “The Lady of the Dead”).In 2008 I decided to make an ofrenda (spiritual offering) on Dia de Los Muertos to all the people who have been killed in the recent wars. It is important to me that people realize that not only are women and children are being killed but that the soldiers of war are also dying all for the benifit of a few war profiteers. It saddens me that as the economy worsens, military recruiting strengthens.
$40
Tags: xicana , "melanie cervantes" , "dia de los muertos" , anti war
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