Sunset Park to celebrate Dia de los Muertos
Although the celebration will be a week late, thanks to Hurricane Sandy, La Casita/Trinity Center for the Arts, Education and Social Justice is hosting the second annual Dia de los Muertos Brooklyn exhibit.
Although the first event was held in Williamsburg, community activist David Galarza and local artists have been creating an installation in Sunset Park that celebrates and honors loved ones who have passed on.
We are just honored to host it because the Sunset Park community in particular has a huge Mexican population and this holiday has a special meaning, explained Galarza. Unlike Halloween, where images are meant to scare people, this is an event to honor the dead, to praise them and invite them to join the living and partake in some of their favorite past times and traditions.