The ofrenda at the Mexican Culture Institute in D.C. will have traditional elements and honor a woman whose legacy shows the complexity of history.
Enrique Quiroz didn't know his grandparents, but you would never suspect that if you heard him talk about his grandmother.
“I feel like I know her,” he told me on a recent afternoon. “I feel like I met her because of this tradition.” It’s no surprise that as Day of the Dead imagery has become more popular across the country, ofrendas have become easier to find. People might also be embracing them more for another reason. The past several years have brought a lot of loss, and building an ofrenda can be healing. It can make a lost loved one feel less gone. Whether small or large, elaborate or simple, ofrendas all accomplish the same thing: They create a connection between the past and the present.
repeatedly throughout history. In one version, she was sold into slavery by her mother. In another version, she was taken from her family as a girl. In some versions, she is not a traitor — she is a survivor. She is a brilliant woman whose gift with languages allowed her to speak to the Aztecs, Mayans and Spaniards. In a poem, titled “La Malinche,” Carmen Tafolla writes, “I saw our world/ and your world/ and another.
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