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Fiesta: Days of the Dead & Other Mexican Festivals

Mexico has a vast range of annual festivals; several commemorate national events, but most are religious or spiritual in inspiration. Drawing on her extensive travels in Mexico and the wide-ranging collections of the British Museum, Chloe Sayer gives a contemporary context to these colorful annual celebrations and shows how these festivities are uniquely Mexican. Vivid full-color images of an amazing array of objects, plus photos of people making and using them to celebrate an intriguing variety of local festivities, illustrate the text.

Author(s)

Chloe Sayer

Categories

CLAS Resources

Grade Levels

K–4, 5–8, 9–12, College

Location

CLAS Lending Library

Availability

Available