The parish of Berlin – Luebars invites you to get to know the traditions surrounding the \u201cMexican Festival of the Dead\u201d on the weekend of Eternity Sunday 2024 and gain inspiration for dealing with death and mourning. For that purpose we offer a wide-ranging program on 22nd and 23rd of November.<\/b><\/p>\n
On Friday, November 22 at 6 p.m., Pastor Ute Sauerbrey will open the festival in the village church of Luebars with a devotion entitled \u201cOf Dreams and Tears\u201d. It is already clear here that joy and sadness are closely interwoven on \u201cD\u00eda de los Muertos\u201d – which may be an unfamiliar feeling for some people, as death is usually repressed in our culture. Artist Felix Pestemer then provides an initial insight into how transience is dealt with in Mexico with a comic reading from his graphic novel \u201cDer Staub der Ahnen\u201d (‘The dust of the ancestors’)<\/a>. In this story the living and the dead of a Mexican family coexist each in their worlds \u2013 until they overlap on the feast on Day of the Dead. Cantor Martin Blaschke will accompany the reading on the organ.<\/p>\n On Saturday, November 23, the Luebars parish hall will open its doors from 10 a.m. Visitors can visit our large \u201cofrenda\u201d – an opulent altar for the dead on which all guests can decorate a niche. For that purpose you can bring a photo of a deceased relative or friend and something they particularly liked. Or even the deceased’s favorite food for the communal \u201cmeal of the dead\u201d at lunchtime. If that’s too much for you, just drop by and enjoy a few Mexican snacks. Perhaps listen to the lecture on the \u201cDay of the Dead in Mexico\u201d by art historian and grief counselor Dr. Claus Maywald. Or you just take a look at the accompanying exhibition. On display are the results of artistic workshops on the subject \u201cColourful Death\u201d with children and young people, as well as a series of surprising objects by Joanna Cotreanti, Bettina Holzapfel-Greven and Felix Pestemer. In addition, workshops for young and old invite you to make Cempas\u00fachil flowers of the dead or paint clay skulls. Or get your make-up done in the style of the decadent skeleton lady \u201cCatrina\u201d at \u201cSweet Skulls\u201d.<\/p>\n At 5 p.m., the Luebars Festival of the Dead comes to a close with a concert by the German-Mexican band \u201cCuarteto los Claveles\u201d in the village church with singer Alejandra Ayala, Alejandro Castellanos on guitar, Doris Kulossa-Delfino on guitar and alto flute and Riccardo Delfino on the harp. The lyrics of Mexican folk songs and modern ballads, mariachi music and ancient Aztec poems are recited and interpreted by actor Frank Streffing.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Mexican festival of the dead\u201d Registrations for the \u201cFeast of the Dead\u201d at: Luebars village church, Alt-Luebars 11, 13469 Berlin Luebars parish hall, Zabel-Krueger-Damm 115, 13469 Berlin
\nVillage church and parish hall Luebars
\nNovember 22 and 23, 2024<\/p>\n
\nkirche-luebars@web.de<\/p>\n
\nPublic transport: S1 Waidmannslust, Bus 222 Alt-Luebars<\/p>\n
\nPublic transportation: S1 Waidmannslust, Bus 222 Am Vierrutenberg<\/p>\n