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Ofrendas
By Kaitlyn S.
It's getting chilly as we approach Halloween and Day of the Dead. Yeah, it's not warm and sunny like in Mexico. Soon, the entrance hallway to Cal Prep will be decorated with an ofrenda. But do you know what ofrendas are for or what they mean to members of the Cal Prep community who are Latin X?
Have you seen the movie, "Coco"? Putting an Ofrenda up is like what happens in the movie “Coco.” There, there’s an ofrenda room where family members that have passed have their photos displayed so their family can remember and honor them, and the deceased can visit you on Dia De Los Muertos. When Dia De Los Muertos rolls around in November, it's the time when family members that have passed can come back and celebrate with those still living.
“ A remembrance of the departed, a reminder that life is eternal and that the presence of the deceased loved one is everlasting.”
When someone puts up an ofrenda, it’s an offering to their deceased family. But don’t worry, it's not like a devilish ritual, it’s an offering to a family's members who have passed on. We set their favorite foods and the things they loved in life on the ofrenda by their pictures. Also, as in the movie Coco, if there is no picture on the ofrenda then your family member cannot cross over to the land of the living. There's that wonderful song in Coco, "Remember Me," that brings tears to some.
