The Marigold Project serves the community by creating healing spaces connecting us to our ancestors and our impermanence in One Spirit.
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Celebrating the Mexican Day of the Dead Traditions
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Day of the Dead
Festival of Altars
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We honor the circle of life and death by providing cultural education, art and writing therapy workshops, and altar-building skills connecting as a community in San Francisco.
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Participatory art healing communities through rituals, ceremonies, and remembrance
Altar Elements
We rise in the East with breath as Ehecatl, grow in the South with fire and creativity as Xiuhcuhtlit, flow in the West with water as Chaahc, and stand firm in the North as the Elder, Ix Chel. At the center, we balance all elements, birthing beauty and abundance through love, welcomed by Ollin.
East Altar
The East Altar calls the element of air, dedicated to our ancestral children. The circle is used to symbolize the interconnectedness of life and death.
South Altar
The South Altar summons the element of fire, devoted to our ancestral youth, and its triangle symbolizes strength, art, poetry, passion, and balance
West Altar
The West Altar hails the element of water, honoring adults. The symbol is the square, representing rhythms of life, emotions, ocean tides, and moon cycles.
North Altar
The North Altar honors the earth and our ancestors, the four-directional cross is the symbol. It solicits past, present, and future wisdom from the earth and our beloved Ancestors.
Center Altar
The Center Altar is devoted to self-love, love in relationship to the other, community, and the universe. The symbol is the never-ending spiral.
Create the Portal to Your Ancestors
Honor your ancestors and understand where we come from by creating a personal altar at the Day of the Dead Festival of Altars in San Francisco
About The Marigold Project
The Marigold Project serves the community by creating healing spaces connecting us to our ancestors and our impermanence in One Spirit. We honor the circle of life and death by providing cultural education, art and writing workshops, and altar-building skills connecting as a community. We respect life by teaching our children who we are in the universe, our humanity, and the preservation of our planet by understanding the cardinal points and our life-giving force: Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and love. We work together to balance our emotions and our planet.