In Mexico and other Latin American countries, it is celebrated with gaiety and joy because death is seen as a natural part of life. Thematic lectures, a traditional parade, film screenings or an original altar loaned by the Mexican embassy will diversify the program.
Pop-up gastro zone on Tržní náměstí
Día de los Muertos in Holešovická market place – food prepared on fire | photo: Holešovická market place
An outdoor gastro zone will open on Market Square from 11 a.m., where visitors will be able to enjoy traditional Mexican dishes such as tacos, burritos, quesadillas, sweet churros and much more. Specialty drinks including tequila, El Jimador, Mexican Corona beer and fine wines will complement the atmosphere and provide an authentic Mexican gastronomic experience until the evening hours. In addition, the Food Truck Point will show a strip of short Mexican films.
Mexican market in Hall 13
Hall 13 will be transformed into a Mexican market with handmade products, traditional souvenirs and food from 2 p.m. There will be workshops for children where they can make masks, headbands and flower crowns, or have their faces painted in traditional Mexican style. The atmosphere will be complemented by a screening of the animated film Coco, and for adults there will be a lecture by Eva Kubátová, the author of Mexikopedia, which will focus on interesting things from Mexican culture, or a lecture by an enthusiastic promoter and chili expert from Palíto. The capacity of each lecture is about 80 people.
Music program
The whole day will be accompanied by traditional Mexican music performed by the Mariachi Azteca de Praga group, which will perform a parade through the Market Square and Hall 13. Visitors can also look forward to a performance by DJ Gadjo, who will bring more modern musical rhythms in the Latin American style to the program.
Time schedule of the Día de los Muertos event:
- 11.00 start of the event / opening of the gastro zone with 30 suppliers – open until 10.00 p.m. (or until sold out) / Market Square
- 14.00 opening of Hall 13 with a rich accompanying program for the whole family, sales market and workshops / Hall 13
- 15.40 lecture by an enthusiastic promoter and expert on chili from the company Palíto – capacity approx. 80 people, duration approx. 30 minutes / Hall 13 (in the side cinema)
- 16.20 screening of the film Coco (100 minutes) / Hall 13 (in the side cinema)
- 18.00 welcome event visitors from the Mexican Embassy / Market Square
- 6:30 p.m. lecture by Eva Kubátová – author of Mexikopedia – the most colorful books about Mexico. The capacity of the lecture is about 80 people and it is more intended for an adult audience – the minimum age is 14 years. Please respect the capacity and age of the audience. Duration approx. 60 minutes + space for possible questions / Hall 13 (in the side cinema)
- 19.00 screening of short Mexican films / Food Truck Point – next to Hall 22
- 20.00 end of activities and closing of Hall 13
- 22.00 end of operation of the gastro zone and the whole event, but don’t be sad, we still have an afterparty… / Tržní náměstí
- 22.01 afterparty / EXCHANGE #4
