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NAU celebrates Día de los Muertos on Nov. 2

Members of the Art History Society of Northern Arizona University presented their annual Día de los Muertos Celebration at the university. Photo by Frank X. Moraga/Shooting Star Communications LLC. ©2011

Members the Art History Society for Northern Arizona University celebrated the annual Día de los Muertos on Nov.2 at the amphitheater outside of the University Union. Members presented an ofrenda (altar) honoring Mexican artist Guadalupe Posada, along with facepainting and other activities. For more information on the event, send an email to tad76@nau.edu

An altar or ofrenda honoring Mexican artist Guadalupe Posada was presented by members of the Art History Society of Northern Arizona University at its annual Día de los Muertos Celebration at the university. Photo by Frank X. Moraga/Shooting Star Communications LLC. ©2011
Dominique Birden, left, a freshman at NAU, gets her face painted by Randi Ringnes, a senior at NAU when the Art History Society of Northern Arizona University presented at its annual Día de los Muertos Celebration at the university. Photo by Frank X. Moraga/Shooting Star Communications LLC. ©2011
Randi Ringnes, a senior at NAU, braves the cold when the Art History Society of Northern Arizona University presented its annual Día de los Muertos Celebration at the university. Photo by Star Hunter/Shooting Star Communications LLC. ©2011