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Day of the Dead in Oaxaca: a Journey of the Senses

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Posted by: Polina Porras Sivolobova
Deadline: Sat, October 26th, 2019

Day of the Dead in Oaxaca: a journey of the senses

an artist guided travel experience

A guided travel experience to Oaxaca, Mexico for the Day of the Dead festivities. Seven days and eight nights of total immersion into the rituals, symbols, scents, sounds, and colors of a profoundly intimate welcoming of our loved ones and an immensely public celebration of life. We will explore this celebration through sensorial experiences, art making, guided visits, food, parades and conversations with local artists and community members.

When: October 27 to November 2nd, 2019 (arrival October 26, departure November 3rd)

Where: Oaxaca city and San Pedro Cajonos, Mexico

All information and registration HERE

How much: $ 850 U.S. 

Pay to https://www.paypal.me/PolinaPorras or Venmo @Polina-Porras

Money paid is not refundable

*Note: the program fee does not include the flight to and from Oaxaca. Events are in Spanish. Translation into English will be provided for activities organized by Polina and Scarlett, other events (mostly public events) translation is not guaranteed. 

To register, please fill an application: HERE

For any questions please contact Polina directly to polinaporras@gmail.com

Program description:

We are inviting a small group of people (max 5) to learn, experience, and engage with one of the most important holidays in Mexico - Day of the Dead (Dia de Muertos). We will explore “Dia de Muertos” through an interesting duality - its intimate and public rituals - as we explore the history, traditions, rituals, altars, cemetery visits, and street festivities such as Muerteadas and Comparsas. This travel experience will give you a vocabulary of icons, scents, flavors and sounds that you will be able to take in and take with you. 

It will take place in 2 locations: Oaxaca City and San Pedros Cajonos, a Zapotec community in the mountains. The programming will be lead by two multidisciplinary artists Scarlett Mizraim and Polina Porras through talks, guided visits, experiences, events and workshops.  Our goal is to provide a structure, an entrance point for understanding how to live this holiday by using creative tools such as journaling, drawing, performance, mask-making, dialogue, dérives, and photography. In San Pedro Cajonos we will learn about the activities that locals engage in preparation leading to the main festivities, an excellent opportunity for reflection to then balance it with the second part of the program in Oaxaca city. In the city of Oaxaca we will experience the festive part of this holiday participating in parades, fairs, and dances. The program has 3 parts: theoretical, practical and experiential, come ready to learn, engage in conversation, make art, keep a journal, open to sensorial experiences and to be part of various communities. The communities that we will part of are probably very different from what you are used to, we ask you to be open and curious yet respectful.

 

For more information click HERE

 

 

Posted on Wed, October 2nd, 2019
Expires on Sat, October 26th, 2019

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