Preparations are underway across Milwaukee to reflect on those who are no longer with us. Dia De Los Muertos falls on Monday, Nov. 1 and Tuesday, Nov. 2.
After decades of dedicated work by Chicano artists in East L.A. to promote Día de los Muertos as a festival unique to their community, it is now a hyper-commercialized enterprise. Still, many are working to recenter the festival’s original intent of honoring the dead.