Join URBAN-15 on Saturday, November 2nd at 7pm for Carnaval de Los Muertos, their annual Día de Los Muertos Procession at Elmendorf Lake Park. A magical spectacle of motion, imagery, sound and color, Carnaval de Los Muertos is a living altar that involves URBAN-15’s Drum and Dance Ensemble wearing illuminated costumes and carrying glowing banners personalized with photos in honor of friends and family who have passed on. The ensemble then advances in a procession that evokes floating spirits passing through our city.
Occurring in conjunction with URBAN-15’s procession will be the 4th annual Día de Los Muertos Lantern Release Celebration at Elmendorf Lake Park hosted by Westside Stories Magazine. Beginning at 5pm, visitors may expect vendors, arts & crafts, food and entertainment. For more information, contact organizer Yvonne Pena at (210) 872-7319 or email at westsidestoriesmagazine@gmail.com.
URBAN-15 has appeared as Carnaval de Los Muertos since 1985; where the ensemble would make visits to the Alamo Camposanto, San Fernando Cathedral, Main Plaza and San Fernando Cemeteries to offer a sense of the ethereal space between life and death. As a metaphor of today’s current events in which reality is easy to lose grasp of, this procession carries both the pain and joy of this era.
In recent years, URBAN-15 has performed in Hemisfair’s Plaza México, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, the Instituto Cultural de México, and appeared for presentations at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, Market Square, Centro Cultural Aztlan, and the Rinconcito de Esperanza.
