Dia de Muertos

Day of the Dead - Festival of Altars

Join Xochi Quetzalli and Maria Mariposa, in their annual Dia de los Muertos Community Event in Old Town, Eureka CA at the Gazebo square.

Festival of Altars brings Latinx community members and All who are interested together to create personal family altars, themed altars, and one grand community altar inside the gazebo.

It is a time to honor our loved ones and pay them their respects in this Ancient Mexica Tradition and Ritual. Free Annual Community Event for All People

Dia de muertos in HUMBOLDT is an annual celebration of culture, tradition, and our ancestors.

Humboldt Brujas are two friends that came together to create Eureka Old Towns first Day of the Dead Festival of Altars in 2019.

It’s a Culture event to celebrate our ancestors.

2019

Our 1st Year

2020

Our 2nd year

2021

Our 3rd Year

2022

Our 4th Year

2023

Our 5th Year

Day of the Dead, celebrated in Mexico and those of Mexican heritage in the US go back some 3,000 years originating with the Mexica/aztec people.

On the Day of the Dead, the border between the spirit world and the real world dissolve. During this brief period, the souls of the dead awaken and return to the living world to visit, feast, drink, dance and play music with their loved ones.

In turn, the living family members treat the deceased as honored guests in their celebrations, and leave favorite foods and other offerings at the ofrendas built in their homes.