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Hollywood Forever’s Dia de los Muertos Celebration

by Jennifer Vasquez8 Comments on Hollywood Forever’s Dia de los Muertos Celebration
Vamp Jenn celebrating Dia de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever
Vamp Jenn celebrating Dia de los Muertos at Hollywood Forever

A tradition that pays homage to the dead and began in Mexico with the Aztec and Nahua tribes is alive and well today. I’m referring to Dia de los Muertos. The holiday is a mix of Mesoamerican and European customs and celebrates the memory of those who’ve departed from this earthly realm. Hollywood Forever Cemetery held their annual Dia y Noche del los Muertos event and this was my second year attending the latter. I’m here to tell you all about it and share photos from the evening.

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Culture, Events, spirituality

Hollywood Forever Hosts a Day of the Dead Preview Event

by Jennifer Vasquez9 Comments on Hollywood Forever Hosts a Day of the Dead Preview Event
Máscaras de México at Hollywood Forever
Máscaras de México at Hollywood Forever

For more than 20 years, Hollywood Forever cemetery has established an annual tradition that celebrates the Day of the Dead during the last Saturday of October. Recently, I had the pleasure of attending a press event where they gave an exclusive preview of this year’s festivities and introduced the theme. It was an evening filled with delightful music, beautiful rituals, delicious food and vibrant décor.

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Culture, music

Content Creator KB Explores Goth Music in Latin America

by Jennifer Vasquez6 Comments on Content Creator KB Explores Goth Music in Latin America

Since its experimental beginnings in the UK in the early 1980s, the goth subculture has sprouted and spread across the globe. Goth music can be heard and enjoyed in all sorts of languages, from German to Spanish. In fact, there’s been a thriving goth scene throughout Latin America for some time and content creator KB is spreading awareness about it with their YouTube channel, Goth Music Latin America.

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Celebrating El Día de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery

by Jennifer Vasquez17 Comments on Celebrating El Día de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Vamp Jenn at the Dia de los Muertos event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Vamp Jenn at the Día de los Muertos event at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

Since 2000, Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles has been home to the largest Día de los Muertos celebration outside of Mexico, and I attended for the first time this year. For 2022, the festivities centered on Mayahuel, the Aztec goddess of fertility and the agave plant. There were separate daytime and nighttime events happening, and I went to the latter, Noche de los Muertos. It was an evening filled with beautiful performances, rituals, altars, and so much more.

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