Overview
El Día de Muertos forma ya parte del calendario de celebraciones en el mundo.
¿Cómo un ritual que fusiona algunas ceremonias indígenas con el culto a la muerte en Europa se ha extendido por el planeta?
Este libro presenta por primera vez el asombroso espectro de una celebración que abarca desde lo tradicional hasta lo contemporáneo. Este tributo al Día de Muertos, ilustrado con cientos de fotografías, es un registro estético único de la herencia cultural mexicana que involucra todos los sentidos: arte y artesanía popular, disfraces y máscaras, comida y bebida, música y bailes, desfiles, arte callejero de vanguardia, altares, flores, calaveras, murales y objetos de colección.
Es un viaje extraordinario que celebra la vida y la muerte.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The Day of the Dead is already part of the calendar of celebrations around the world.
How has a ritual that fuses some indigenous ceremonies with the cult of death in Europe spread across the planet?
This book presents for the first time the amazing spectrum of a celebration that ranges from the traditional to the contemporary. This tribute to the Day of the Dead, illustrated with hundreds of photographs, is a unique aesthetic record of Mexican cultural heritage that involves all the senses: popular art and crafts, costumes and masks, food and drink, music and dances, parades, avant-garde street art, altars, flowers, skulls, murals, and collectibles.
It is an extraordinary journey that celebrates life and death.
This book title, Día de muertos: Una celebración de la vida y de la muerte / The Day of the Dead, ISBN: 9786073916226, by Deborah Holtz, Juan Carlos Mena, published by Planeta Publishing Corp (September 10, 2024) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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