Día de Muertos comes to Pima
By JOE GIDDENS
and ANGEL CANEZ
It was a celebration of life and death at the Pima Community College West Campus Nov. 1 with the Pima Native American Student Association’s first celebration of the Day of the Dead.
It was a fundraising event with an array of activities including face painting, music, photo booths and “altares de ofrendas” also known as offering altars.
The Student Social Services Organization and ARC Pantry also attended the event to solicit donations for their food pantry donation box, but the main attraction was the University of Arizona folklorico dance group Grupo Folklórico Miztontli.
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