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The Multicultural Center Presents - 2018 Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration

Friday, 26 October, 2018

Please join us for our "Dia de los Muertos 2018 Celebration" on Friday, October 26th from 10:00 pm - 12:00 am in the 1st floor lobby and 2nd Floor Fireplace Lounge, DeNaples Center. We will be featuring music, skull decorating, face painting, take a picture, a traditional altar and traditional food served during this celebration. New this year, we will be also holding a prayer service in collaboration with students & faculty from our ISP trip to the Quino Border & Campus Ministries.

El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) Although is marked throughout Latin America, Dia de los Muertos is a Mexican celebration, is a day to celebrate, remember and prepare special foods in honor of those who have departed. On this day in Mexico, the streets near the cemeteries are filled with decorations of papel picado , flowers, candy calaveras (skeletons and skulls), and parades.

This program is sponsored by the Multicultural Center, Late Night and Campus Ministries!

For more information contact the Cross Cultural Centers at multicultural@scranton.edu

Contact:

Jose Sanchez

Phone: 570-941-4160

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DeNaples Center, 2nd Floor

900 Mulberry Street
 Scranton, PA 18510