Dia de los Meurtos Project
Reflection
Day of the Dead is a tradition honoring the ones you loved or your family that are no longer with you as opposed to repressing it or just being sad as they do in other countries. It originated in Central America and Spain, the conquistadors made a holiday between the two. It is celebrated on November 1st and second. It is celebrated in most countries in Central America but also in other countries such as Mexico prominently. The belief of Day of the Dead is that the dead come back for the two days. It is celebrated by making an altar for the deceased with items such as pictures of them, some of their items, the flower Marigold, decorated tissue paper, and other traditional things. The actual celebration includes dancing and other celebratory activities .
The person that I decided to do my Day of the Dead project on is Capital Steez. He is a rapper that founded the rap group Pro Era with his friend that he took in as a brother. He lived a moving life making people reconsider their opinions on the injustices in America. He committed suicide at the age of nineteen, this led me to choose him to celebrate. The things I choose to put on my altar were a picture of him, a cake with his name on it, and some traditional Day of the Dead items such as candles and sugar skulls. It was difficult for me to find out about this person because he was a pretty small celebrity that I didn't personally know. But in the end through listening to the lyrics in his music and looking at his social media and Wikipedia I found enough information to make a description of his life.
My experience in this project was positive and helped me learn a lot of Spanish and the culture of Mexico. In this project I experienced that if you wait to the last minute to do something it will be much more stressful and difficult than just doing it in the moment. I also experienced the distractions that a friend can pose when working in a group together, it can make the work a lot more difficult and harder to get done. In this project I learned a ton about Mexican culture and history. I liked this project because it gave me an outlet to not only learn and master a lot of spanish but also let me learn about the culture. Overall I think that this project went well and it concluded with a great exhibition. In exhibition (even though crowded) was really rewarding in my opinion and it was nice to see what this project was leading up to. Overall I think that this was a great project that let us all learn a lot while exploring our history.
The person that I decided to do my Day of the Dead project on is Capital Steez. He is a rapper that founded the rap group Pro Era with his friend that he took in as a brother. He lived a moving life making people reconsider their opinions on the injustices in America. He committed suicide at the age of nineteen, this led me to choose him to celebrate. The things I choose to put on my altar were a picture of him, a cake with his name on it, and some traditional Day of the Dead items such as candles and sugar skulls. It was difficult for me to find out about this person because he was a pretty small celebrity that I didn't personally know. But in the end through listening to the lyrics in his music and looking at his social media and Wikipedia I found enough information to make a description of his life.
My experience in this project was positive and helped me learn a lot of Spanish and the culture of Mexico. In this project I experienced that if you wait to the last minute to do something it will be much more stressful and difficult than just doing it in the moment. I also experienced the distractions that a friend can pose when working in a group together, it can make the work a lot more difficult and harder to get done. In this project I learned a ton about Mexican culture and history. I liked this project because it gave me an outlet to not only learn and master a lot of spanish but also let me learn about the culture. Overall I think that this project went well and it concluded with a great exhibition. In exhibition (even though crowded) was really rewarding in my opinion and it was nice to see what this project was leading up to. Overall I think that this was a great project that let us all learn a lot while exploring our history.
Writen Desription
El se llama Capital Steez o Jamal Dewar. Jamal tenido diecinueve años, su cumpleaños estaba siete de julio. El era de Flatbush, New York, Jamal vivía en Brooklyn, New York. Él le gustaba hacer el música, y escuchar música, pasar tiempo con amigos mucho, también montar al bicicleta. El no le gustaba América nada, y correr, también cocinada. Jamal tenía pelo castaño, y ojos cafés. El ere muy talentoso y inteligente. Su familia es Pro Era, también Joey Bada$$ o Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott. El se murió veinte y tres de diciembre.
Capital Steez, the person I choose to honor.