For Marisela Garcia, passing on the tradition of purifying a space with incense and guiding the dead with marigold petals is essential for her Utah-born children.
is not just another holiday. It has deep ancestral roots, and can branch into opportunities to explore important cultural issues.— those issues include dealing with mental health concerns, strained family relationships, and the cultural differences between immigrants and their American-born kids. Diana Martinez celebrates Day of the Dead by setting up an ofrenda at her home in Salt Lake City on Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, dedicated to her sister Florecita who died by suicide in 2018.
Florecita died by suicide in 2018, and her family has had difficulty coming to terms with that, because of the shame and stigma that surrounds mental health problems. But Florecita’s death also made the family more self-aware and conscientious, Martinez said. Like when she’s driving, and wants to honk at someone, she second-guesses it in case that person is having a bad day. Her family checks in with each other more, having conversations about how they are feeling.
It’s also a way to “reconcile spiritually” with her father, Vallarta says, with whom she at times shared a fraught relationship. She said she finds it “liberating” to get to decide when she invites people who have left this earth into her life. “There are a lot of children all over this world that have complicated, if not terrible, relationships with their parents or family members,” she said.3. Keeping ancestors and culture alive though remembrance
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