Duquesne’s 2024 Day of the Dead Altar will be on display from October 28 through November 4 at Gumberg Library. It is co-sponsored by the Center for Hispanic Studies.
This program aims to contribute to the University's mission in promoting multicultural perspectives and awareness by converging the feeling of being embedded in a Latin American communal celebration with a rewarding experience of learning a new language in a relaxed and fun environment.
Duquesne's 2024 Day of the Dead Altar commemorates
Fernando Valenzuela "El Toro" The first, and as of 2024, only major league baseball player to win both the Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards in the same season.
The Day of the Dead is an important celebration not only in Mexico but also in other parts of South America. Indigenous Pre-Columbian societies celebrated the dead before the arrival of the Spanish. After their arrival, the celebration was aligned with the Catholic celebrations of All Saints Day (November 1) and All Souls Day (November 2) creating a phenomenon which in anthropology is called religious syncretism. Every region or town celebrating the Day of the Dead does so in their own unique way. In recent times, due to the significant Spanish population in the United Sates, it also has become one of the most popular festivities for Hispanic and non-Hispanic communities in some states.
2024 Altar