Día de Muertos / Day of the Dead - Family Day at Oodi Library
Schedule
Sat Nov 02 2024 at 03:00 pm to 07:00 pm
UTC+03:00Location
Keskustakirjasto Oodi | Helsinki, ES
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🏵️💀🏵️💀🏵️ Welcome to Día de Muertos - Family Day at Oodi Library! A day for the whole family to honor the Day of the Dead with lots of activities for children and their families. 🗓 2.11.2024
⏰ 2 pm – 6 pm
🎟️ All activities have free access
🧡 All family
📌 Helsingin keskustakirjasto Oodi - Children’s Area (3rd floor) | Töölönlahdenkatu 4, Helsinki.
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Welcome to the 3rd edition of Día de Muertos – Family Day, organised by Kulttuurikeskus Ninho ry and Oodi Library.
Explore this Mexican and Central-American tradition, recognized by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland in 2023 as Intangible Cultural Heritage and part of UNESCO's intangible world heritage since 2003.
During this ancestral festivity, typically celebrated between November 1st and 2nd, families set up spectacular Altars in memory of their loved ones, who have passed away. It’s a special day to honor them, while surrounded by family and friends.
💀 And remember you can come with your Catrina dress or your traditional make-up ready!
💡 More info: [email protected]
https://www.ninho.fi/2024/10/01/day-of-the-dead-2024/
👇🏾 Check out the full program!
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➖ Storytelling sessions | We’ll learn more about the Day of the Dead through beautiful stories in Spanish, Finnish and Swedish:
2-3 pm: Storytelling in Swedish by Elina Sange.
3-4 pm: Storytelling in Finnish by Taru Adler.
4-5 pm: Storytelling in Spanish by Alicia Sevilla.
🧸 Age suggested: +3 with an adult.
📌 Children's section | Window’s carpet area.
➖ Video installation ’Camino a casa’, created by Nite Labs Ltd team. Mexican visual artists Nancy Sosa (MX) and Pablo Mercado (MX) will light the way with their video creation, so our loved ones can come back home.
⏰ 2-4:30 pm. | 🧸 Age suggested: all ages.
📌 Children's section - Events room, 3rd floor | Free entrance.
➖ 🎨 DIY Forest Altar kit | Arts & Craft Nonstop Workshop to create your own mini altar DIY (Do It Yourself) with your children.
⏰ 2 pm – 4 pm. | 🧸 Age suggested: +2 with an adult.
📌 Upstairs Children's section.
Designed by Mexican illustrator Mariana Núñez Sánchez.
💬 Language: Spanish, English, Easy Finnish and Swedish
➖ 🎨 In the Forest - - Communitarian installation: Let‘s come together to remember our family members, friends, pets... who are no longer with us, in this collective offering that will decorate the tress area with beautiful flowers and the names of our loved ones. The collective installation will remain until the 6.11 aprox.!
⏰ 2 pm – 6 pm. | 🧸 Age suggested: +2 with an adult.
📌 Children's section – Trees area.
Designed by artist Mariana Núñez Sánchez (MX).
➖ 🎸 ‘A bestiary from Mexico’ | Classic Guitar concert by Alan Guerra (MX).
⏰ 5 - 6 pm.
🧸 Age suggested: although all ages are welcome, this is a classic guitar concert music. At parents’ discretion.
📌 Children's section - Events Room.
Capacity limited: 50 people .
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This is a Kulttuurikeskus Ninho ry (https://www.ninho.fi/) production in cooperation with Oodi and Nite Labs Ltd. Ninho is supported by City of Helsinki, Svenska Kulturfonden and Taike.
Image design: Mariana Núñez Sánchez (MX).
Multimedia art coordinator: Julio Orduña Sánchez (MX).
Storytelling sessions’ coordinator: Alicia Sevilla (MX).
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Where is it happening?
Keskustakirjasto Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 8, FI-00100 Helsinki, Suomi, Helsinki, FinlandEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
