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| The Healing Power of Dia de Los Muertos |
October 31, 2021 |
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Dr. Mathew Sandoval’s scholarship and research into the history and evolution of the festival known as Dia de Los Muertos was fueled by two pivotal events: as a young man traveling to Guatemala and observing the festival for the first time in a country that was not Mexico and, the death of his father. Both inspired his research as an ethnographer seeking to map the evolution of an obscure syncretic holiday into a pop culture mainstay. Traveling around the country gathering stories and observations Sandoval is witnessing how the syncretic holiday ritual offers a healing practice for the broader community and discovers along the way that the history of the holiday’s survival is intimately connected to commerce.
Dr. Mathew Sandoval, Senior Lecturer at Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University. He holds a Ph.D. in Culture & Performance from UCLA, an MA in Individualized Study with a focus on Performance Studies from NYU, and a BA in English with a focus on Performance at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Dr. Sandoval is also a member of ASU's Chicano /Latino Faculty & Staff Association.
Valerie Hanley, Owner of Casa California on Olvera Street in Los Angeles, California.
Our theme music is by MC Yogi
This week's closing music, New Hope, by Audiobinger,
used under a Creative Commons By Attribution 4.0 license.
The song Coco by Radio Jarocho and Zenen Zeferino Huervo is used under a Creative Commons, By Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives license.
Remixes and sound design by Dissimilation Heavy Industries.
All other music, remixes, and sound design by Dissimilation Heavy Industries
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