{"id":348959,"date":"2025-11-01T22:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348959\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T22:37:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T22:37:16","slug":"to-honor-dia-de-los-muertos-the-penn-museum-displayed-a-variety-of-cultural-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/348959\/","title":{"rendered":"To honor D\u00eda de los Muertos, the Penn Museum displayed a variety of cultural expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; In celebration of the Day of the Dead, the Penn Museum hosted a &#8220;Dia De Los Muertos&#8221; event for the fourteenth year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We&#8217;re here at the museum to introduce you to archeology and anthropology and to make it accessible for everyone,&#8221; said Tena Thomason, Associate Director of Public Engagement at the Penn Museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This was a collaboration with the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/mexicanculturalcenter.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexican Cultural Center<\/a>, a nonprofit focused on sharing their traditions in the Philadelphia area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A large ofrenda was created to honor Paquita la del Barrio, a well-known Mexican singer who passed away this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">They also had a variety of performances, including dancing and a storytelling session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;We want them to feel at home. We want them to celebrate their traditions. That&#8217;s why the Mexican Cultural Center actually produces these events, because we want everybody to know &#8230;we&#8217;re part of this community,&#8221; said Ivette Compean, Executive Director of the Mexican Cultural Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">For more information, check out the video above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Also, check out their <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penn.museum\/about\/press-room\/press-releases\/penn-museum-celebrates-the-day-of-the-dead\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) &#8212; In celebration of the Day of the Dead, the Penn Museum hosted a &#8220;Dia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":348960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5132],"tags":[171100,5229,392,124899,2222,11365,1448,2830,1311,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-348959","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-171100","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-culture","11":"tag-day-of-the-dead","12":"tag-mexico","13":"tag-museum","14":"tag-pa","15":"tag-pennsylvania","16":"tag-philadelphia","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115476840407455400","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/348960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}