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percent of the total population. Sept. 15 was chosen
as the starting point of this celebration because it
is the anniversary of independence for five Latin
American countries --Costa Rica, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. In addition,
Mexico declared its independence on Sept. 16 and
Chile or Sept. 18.
In Sedona, the majority o{ Latinos are from
Mexico and on Sept. 16 a special event to specifi-
cally honor this segment of our community was
held at the library as part of the Hispanic Heritage
Month celebration. The program included a
video broadcast of the Grito de Dolores -- the
Declaration of Independence directly from the
Zocalo in Mexico City -- a live mariachi band
that playe/5 songs by the public's request, and a
generous donation of traditional Mexican
food from a local restaurant. Over 100
people attended this •event, including
English-speaking patrons, joining together
with the primarily Hispanic attendees in
this fun and spirited evening.
It is worth noting that this year's Nobel
Prize in Literature was awarded to the
renowned Peruvian novelist Marie Vargas
Llosa, the first Latino author to win the
award in the 21 st century and first since Library News
Mexican poet Octavio Paz in 1990. At
Sedona Public Library you can find titles MARCFL
by Vargas Llosa in both the Spanish
collection and in the regular fiction stacks. SALDIVIA
Some recommended titles in Eflglish ..
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translation are "The Bad Girl," "The Way
to Paradise," "The War of the End of the
World, .... Making Waves" and "The Feast of the
Goat."
Dia de los Muertos Altar Display
Through Tuesday, Nov. 2, all are invited to the
library to see an authentic altar or ofrenda espe-
cially built by Sedona's Mexican community
for Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, This
holiday is celebrated in Mexico and by Mexicans
living in the United States and Canada with the
purpose of gathering family and friends to pray for
and remember beloved ones who have passed on.
Dia de los Muertos is sometimes thought to be
similar to Halloween, although the two actually
have little in common. Scholars trace the origins
of Day of the Dead to indigenous ceremonies
dating back thousands of years, and in particular
to an Aztec festival dedicated to a goddess called
Mictecacihuatl. Mexican indigenous people
combined their ancient beliefs with the Catholic
observance of All Souls' Day and All Saints' Day
celebrated during the chilly days of Nov. 1 and 2.
The legend tells that the gates of laeaven are
opened at midnight Oct. 31 and the spirits of all
deceased children -- angelitos or little angels
skulls -- flores de cempasuchil -- or marigolds,
candles, mounds of fruits, rice and beans, turkey
mole, tortilla stacks, corn, pan de muerto or loaves
of sugar bread, and other favorite foods and bever-
ages that the departed used to enjoy while alive.
The weary souls are thought to come back for
this special day to visit the living, so they need
lots of food, sodas, hot cocoa and water. Toys and
candies are offered for the angelitos, and mescal
and tobacco for the adults. In many towns the
cemetery becomes the center for this big fiesta and
is decorated with thousands of yellow and purple
flowers [the colors of death according to ancient
indigenous beliefs], plenty of traditional foods
and drinks, and bands playing music throughout
the night. People believe that by commemorating
their dead with this special festivity it will
keep them happy and they will provide
protection, good luck and wisdom to their
families.
Native American Heritage Month
November is designated as Native
American Heritage month and Sedona
Public Library will honor Native
American achievements with a book and
media display at the library entrance.
On Saturday, Nov. 13, in the Si Birch
Community Room at 6 p.m, Jaguar Songs
and Other Stories will take place, This is
a bilingual reading in English and Spanish
of a compilation of Native American folk
tales and the retelling of eye-witnessed
ceremonies by author Gary Every. I, the
Latino Services librarian, will read the Spanish
translation. Light refreshinents will be served.
Other Programs for the Hispanic
Community
During November, the Department of Latino
Services of Sedona Public Library will be offering
a second term of English as a Second Language
every Monday, and a fourth term of Computer
Literacy classes in Spanish every Thursday from
6:30 to 7:45 p.m.
Other ongoing programs include Latino Cine
Forum on the first Monday of every month at
6 p.m. screening internationally acclaimed movies
from Spain and LatinAmerica. Every first Saturday
is Bilingual Story Time in the Children's Room at
11 a.m. with stories, songs, games and handcrafts
for children between 3 to 8 years old. For more
information, call Sedona Public Library 282-7714
or e-mail latinoserv@sedonalibrary.org.
Library News, written this week by Marcela
Saldivia, Ph.D., Latino services librarian of the
Sedona Public Library, appears every Friday in
the Sedona Red Rock News.
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Verde Valley School has academic English that will help
created a summer camp for them succeed in American high
Chinese students to learn schools.
English. The Accelerated The students will be taught
English Institute will take place vocabulary for science and
on the school's campus from history classes. They will also
Sunday, July 3, through Saturday,- have the opportunity to practice
Aug. 13. academic and social English
The camp is geared toward while working in an online
helping Chinese students in program called English in a
grades nine and 10 to learn Flash.
In addition, the students will
practice the reading strate-
gies that will help them to be
successful on the Test of English
as a Foreign Language and SAT
tests. Coursework includes
learning to write in the style and
format required for academic
coursework, as well as research
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