Día de los muertos 2024

Dia de los Muertos at Purdue

Friday, November 1, 2024, 6PM-8PM EDT

Purdue Memorial Union, North & South Ballrooms

Each year the Purdue University Latino Cultural Center gathers to call upon our ancestors who have passed, and to celebrate their life and death.  In 2008, UNESCO recognized the importance of Día de los muertos by adding the holiday to its list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Day of the Dead originated several thousand years ago with the Aztec, Toltec, and other Nahua people. For these pre-Hispanic cultures, death was a natural phase in life’s long continuum. The dead were still members of the community, kept alive in memory and spirit—and during Día de los Muertos, they temporarily returned to Earth. 

The evening will also feature crafts, live performances, and traditional food enjoyed on Dia de los muertos.

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Co-Sponsored with the Purdue University Student Union Board. This event is open to Purdue University faculty, staff and students and the Greater Lafayette Community. 

Creating an Altar

The Day of the Dead is a way to connect and remember relatives that have passed away. Watch below to learn how to build a family altar and how to celebrate our departed loved ones with Jessica Reis Mendivil.

Jessica Reis Mendivil has been a Death Doula for 4 years, She specializes in grief, loss and end of life guidance. She is a member of the International End of Life Doula Association, has expansions in Pregnancy & Infant loss, Pet Hospice, Somatic practice and Ecstatic dance. She believes that grief is sacred, getting old is a rite of passage and that death can be life affirming.