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How Chicagoans Mark Day of the Dead
Clip: 11/2/2023 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Talking with Chicagoans about their Day of the Dead traditions.
Day of the Dead is a two-day celebration where people come together to remember their late loved ones. We ask Chicagoans how they mark the Mexican holiday.
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Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices is a local public television program presented by WTTW
Chicago Tonight: Latino Voices
How Chicagoans Mark Day of the Dead
Clip: 11/2/2023 | 2m 38sVideo has Closed Captions
Day of the Dead is a two-day celebration where people come together to remember their late loved ones. We ask Chicagoans how they mark the Mexican holiday.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> INDIA, >> THOSE WITH THOSE ARE DAY OF THE DEAD IS A TWO-DAY CELEBRATION WHERE PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THEIR LATE LOVED ONES.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, COLORFUL TRADITION WITH FESTIVITIES, MUSIC AND FOOD.
WE PEOPLE WHO THEY REMEMBER AND HONOR ON THIS MEXICAN HOLIDAY.
>> CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO DO YOU REMEMBER FOR THAT?
WHEN WE CELEBRATE THE LITTLES, MIKE, THOSE POPS YOUR MIND WITH THIS YEAR.
CELEBRATING MY MOM AND MY THEY BOTH PASSED AWAY AND THIS PAST PROBABLY GRANDMOTHER ON THE MOM CITE THE MOST AND THEN A FRIEND WHO PASSED AWAY REALLY AT A REALLY YOUNG WE WOULD CREATE ALTERS LIKE FOR MY GRANDMOTHER AND NOW CURRENTLY, I THINK A LOT ABOUT MY UNCLE AS WELL AS MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS SOMEONE THAT YOU REMEMBER, IT'S CLOSE TO YOUR HEART.
MY MOM, MY SE, MY GRANDPA.
>> AND I DO WHEN YOU MAKE THE ALTARS, I'VE BEEN ASKING PEOPLE THIS.
WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOUR UNCLE USED TO LOVE?
>> THAT YOU PUT IN ALL TURN >> REMEMBER HIM SHAVING A LOT.
SO I LIKE TO KIND PUT LIKE A PRESSURE.
THEY CAN FRESH AND THEN ALSO LIKE PLATES.
AND I'M JUST DIFFERENT UP AND SPEAK OUT FOR HIM WHEN IT COMES TO GRANDMA.
WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT?
>> YOU KNOW, SHE USED TO LOVE TO EAT OR DRINK WAS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT.
REALLY FUNNY BECAUSE MY GRANDMA WAS.
>> A REALLY WEIRD COOK.
HAHA, SHE'S STILL MAY CAUSE BIRTHDAY CAKES, BUT IT WAS LIKE CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH A PINEAPPLE AND LIKE?
>> WHATEVER FILLING SHE FOUND OF IN NEVER WIN.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS OUR FAVORITE.
MY FAVORITE MEMORY OF HER WITH MY SISTER.
SO WHAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU PUT IN THE AHL TODAY?
A GRANDPA LOVED.
>> YOU LOVE BURGERS.
SO WE PUT A BRAVE VERY KEEN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THERE EVERY YEAR.
SO WHAT IS SOMETHING THEY ARE MOTHER LOVED.
>> SHE WHAT EVERYONE IS.
IS IT A CERTAIN TYPE OF SHE REALLY LIKE THE ONES THAT COULD BLOW BIG LEAGUE, BUBBLES.
SO WE WOULD ALWAYS PUT LIKE THINK WHAT?
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE NAME BUBBLE GUM.
I GUESS LIKE TO THINK WHEN THE REALLY BIG ONES WHERE YOU CAN MAKE MAKE IT REALLY BE THE FAKE ONCE.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR MOM AND YOUR DAD WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE THING TO EAT OR DRINK.
THEY DRANK COFFEE WITH EVERYTHING WITH BROAD WITH DINNER.
>> AND THEY ALWAYS TELL MY FRIENDS BECAUSE I LIKE TO COOK A LOT TOO.
AND ONE THING THAT WE LOVE EATING SPICY FOODS.
BUT WITH A SPICY FOODS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE YOUR COFFEE.
>> AND OUR FAMILY.
MY LITTLE BROTHER LOVES TO MAKE THESE BIG BEAUTIFUL ALTARS WHERE WE SIT AROUND REMEMBER OUR LATE MY ARLEE GRANDPARENTS AND THINK ABOUT JUST WHAT THEY
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