Day of the Dead Fiesta & Procession for 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver on Tuesday Nov 2, 2010

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Day of the Dead Fiesta & Procession for 7th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival in Vancouver on Tuesday Nov 2, 2010

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Community Celebration
DAY OF THE DEAD FIESTA & PROCESSION
Tuesday November 2, 2pm–8pm
Oppenheimer Park, 488 Powell
In the Downtown Eastside, Latin Americans celebrate Day Of The Dead with pageantry, music, love and humour. We throw a party and invite the dead to join us for a few hours before returning to “the other side.” This year Watari Research Association, Oppenheimer Park and the Heart of the City Festival join together to present an afternoon of music and celebration. Bring flowers, candles, and photographs for the ofrenda (altar), noisemakers, costumes or musical instruments. The afternoon begins with a First Nations welcome and we’ll share some folk music with DTES residents, poetry with Lady Die and special guest, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Joseph ‘Pepe’ Danza. Your hosts for the fiesta are Byron Cruz, Dr. Enema and folklorista Isabel Ramirez. We’ll end the afternoon with a piñata for the children. At 6pm Ross Barrett and the Carnival Band will lead us on a procession through the DTES to honour the lives lost on these streets, returning to Oppenheimer Park for hot chocolate. Everyone welcome. Free

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