Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda Lecture

Patty Gonsenheim, the curator of the Dia de los Muertos Ofrenda exhibit at the Coronado Public Library (Sept. 1 through Nov. 17),  will speak about ofrendas during a lecture on Oct. 29.

An ofrenda (Spanish: “offering”) is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de los Muertos celebration. An ofrenda, which may be quite large and elaborate, is usually created by the family members of a person who has died and is intended to welcome the deceased to the altar setting.