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NYBG\u2019s Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden features D\u00eda de los Muertos installations, including colorful alebrijes and marigold displays. Photo courtesy of NYBG<\/p>\nNew York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has launched an inaugural annual D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration, which will include artistic installations and various events throughout the month.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Through to November 2nd, the NYBG\u2019s Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden is redecorated in recognition of the Mexican holiday \u201cD\u00eda de los Muertos\u201d (Day of the Dead), which is commonly celebrated on November 1 and 2.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re really honored to introduce this new fall experience at NYBG. D\u00eda de los Muertos showcases the beauty of this important and really vibrant tradition through horticulture- of course -art, and community, while providing meaningful opportunities for reflection and connection here at NYBG,\u201d said Jennifer Bernstein, Chief Executive Officer and the William C. Steere Sr. President of NYBG.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bernstein added that programming will feature traditional music and dance, hands-on crafts, puppet parades, and numerous family-friendly events, where people of all backgrounds are welcomed to honor their loved ones.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NYBG\u2019s Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden features D\u00eda de los Muertos installations, including colorful alebrijes and marigold displays. Photo courtesy of NYBG<\/p>\n
Paul Ochoa, New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner, humbly indicated the importance of the D\u00eda de los Muertos holiday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMy real hat today is gonna be that of the Mexican immigrant who came here when he was 12, and to me, D\u00eda de los Muertos, is one of my favorite Mexican holidays. It means so much to our culture, but also to a lot of the Latino cultures across the entire globe,\u201d Ochoa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NYBG visitors can experience the new installations in the Everett Children\u2019s Adventure Garden while following a series of excerpts from the picture book \u201cThe Ofrenda That We Built,\u201d written poetically by Jolene Guti\u00e9rrez and Shaian Guti\u00e9rrez with beautiful illustrations from Gabby Zapata.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201c[Ofrendas have] a lot of significance to families because it\u2019s an opportunity to reconnect with the loved ones who are no longer here,\u201d Ochoa said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Visitors can add the names and photos of loved ones to a community altar as part of the New York Botanical Garden\u2019s inaugural D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration. Photo courtesy of NYBG<\/p>\n
Installations include a display of La Catrina with a dress of marigolds and a community altar that instructs passerby to leave the names and photos of loved ones they have lost. There are also \u2018alebrijes\u2019 (fantastical animals that act as spirit guides for the dead during the holiday) that can be spotted throughout the garden.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Joanna L. Groarke, Senior Vice President for Exhibitions and Programming at NYBG, reiterated the shared beauty of the Mexican holiday and the Botanical Garden\u2019s natural scenery.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCentered around the symbolic connections among plants, pollinators, memory, and seasonal change, this celebration explores rich cultural traditions while enjoying one of New York City\u2019s most beautiful seasonal destinations,\u201d Groarke said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The festivities will culminate at the end of October with a finale weekend that will include food offerings, communal remembrance, and a D\u00eda de los Muertos parade on November 1 that will be led by musicians, dancers, and larger-than-life puppets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tickets and more information for NYBG\u2019s D\u00eda de los Muertos festivities can be found on their website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) has launched an inaugural annual D\u00eda de los Muertos celebration, which will include…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1151,135986,135987,135988,135989,9,24,135990,55,54,56,43515,135991,135992],"class_list":["post-367913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dia-de-los-muertos","tag-everett-childrenu2019s-adventure-garden","tag-gabby-zapata","tag-joanna-l-groarke","tag-jolene-gutiu00e9rrez","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-department-of-design-and-construction","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-nybg","tag-paul-ochoa","tag-shaian-gutiu00e9rrez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}