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Staten Island Advance | October 24, 2014

Rob Bailey | bailey@siadvance.com By Rob Bailey | bailey@siadvance.com
on October 24, 2014 at 9:24 AM, updated October 24, 2014 at 1:04
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El Dia de los Muertos ofrenda on Staten Island. (Photo by Irma Bohorquez-Geisler)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The black-eyed skulls and dancing skeletons have become so commonplace in American pop culture, it’s easy to forget these symbols have nothing to do with our sugar-coma-inducing Halloween traditions.

No.  El Dia de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) isn’t about scaring — it’s about caring.

“It is a joyful Mexican tradition — a time for families to gather and welcome the souls of deceased love ones who, it is believed, return to visit the living,” says Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, the local art photographer who presents her 22nd anniversary “Day of the Dead Festival” from noon-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, 285 Clove Rd., West Brighton.

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“Con Edison supports organizations and programs that contribute to arts and culture in a variety of ways. Day of the Dead is an educational event that not only highlights diversity, but celebrates the growing Mexican community on Staten Island,” says Katia Gordon, Con Edison’s Staten Island public affairs manager, seen here with event founder Irma Bohórquez-Geisler.

“On this day, Mexican families and the larger Staten Island community come together,” Bohórquez-Geisler says, “to remember departed loved ones and celebrate their lives, with flowers, art, altars, live music and dances.”

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Staten Island Advance | October 18, 2012

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We were featured in the Staten Island Advance, were editor Rob Bailey discuss about the Day of the Dead celebration in Staten Island.

Staten Island’s 20th Annual Day of the Dead isn’t about scaring – it’s about caring

STATEN ISLAND, NY — Those dancing skeletons and black-eyed skulls have become so ubiquitous in American pop culture, it’s easy to forget these symbols have nothing to do with our horrifying, sugar-coma-inducing Halloween traditions.
No. El Dia de los Meurtos (The Day of the Dead) isn’t about scaring — it’s about caring.

“It is a joyful Mexican tradition — a time for families to gather and welcome the souls of deceased love ones who, it is believed, return to visit the living,” says Irma Bohórquez-Geisler, who is marking two decades as founding executive director of Staten Island’s “El Día de los Muertos Celebration,” which returns Sunday to Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden in Livingston.

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