Winter Texan Times

NOVEMBER 2, 2022 www.wintertexantimes.com 4 WINTER TEXAN TIMES Supply &Hardware Mobile Home Special Orders Available Ask about our daily Manager Specials! PETECO, INC. 2911 N. Cesar Chavez Rd. San Juan, TX 78589 956-787-2847 petecotransport@gmail.com We Do Tie-Down Certification SAVE 10% OFF Your Entire Purchase When You Bring In This Ad *Conditions apply, see store for details. Offer expires March 31, 2023. See what’s happening at the Come See Our RGV Veterans Exhibit! Ends November 30th Check our social media for Holiday opening schedule. Book Reading “Living Beyond Borders” November 5th at 2PM OpenWed. - Friday: 1PM - 5PM 2nd and 4th Saturday from 12pm to 4pm Museum of History & Culture 301 S. Main St. McAllen, TX Find us on (956) 687-1904 mcallenheritagecenter.com Dec 7th through mid-January Art Exhibit featuring works by artists Raquel Hinojosa & Lupe Hernandez Saturday, Dec. 10 Book reading of "Christmas Candy" by author Dr. Clark Van Heller with refreshments aaer! Saturday, Dec. 17 PalmFest @ La Placita! Enjoy food, art, music, & craas by local artisans! Reunions are a great time to catch up with friends old and new. Here we will feature reunions and meetings that are happening throughout the Valley. We hope that if you are having such a meeting, you will send the information to us so we can help you spread the word. Right now, there are several meetings already taking place. Red Hatters are getting together on at least a monthly basis. The RGVWoodcarvers are getting together weekly too. I am sure there are others that are meeting up for little get togethers here and there. If you would like to share your information, please send it in. If you have a great photo from your reunion or meeting, we would love to see that too. You can send your information to news@wintertexantimes.com. Model Rail Roading & Railroaders Model Rail Roading & Railroaders have started getting together. Anyone interested in joining the group can join them Monday through Friday at the Hidalgo Pumphouse. Call Red at (313) 532-8549 for more information. Day of the Dead exhibit open at Alamo Museum For the second consecutive year the City of Alamo Museum is presenting a Day of the Dead altar (ofrenda) during the month of November. The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a traditional cultural and religious holiday celebrated initially in Mexican homes, but the festivity, which dates back to pre-Hispanic times, has found its way into other regions in the Western Hemisphere, including South Texas. The usual two-day affair celebrates the lives of deceased children on November 1 and deceased adults on November 2. The museum altar, which is a reminder that the dead are not forgotten, was decorated by the Spanish language teachers from PSJA Memorial Early College High School, led by Maria Garza. The altar to departed souls has four main elements—a pitcher of water to quench the thirst of a returning spirit; wind symbolized with paper banners; earth marked with some food, like bread; and fire found in lighted candles as a guide marker. The museum’s seven level altar also features 13 special items around it including an image of the saint with candles, salt, bread of the dead, dishes of fruit and sweets, candles to serve as guides, and a cross. Decorations can include skulls that are detailed as to specific regions in Mexico and serves as offering reminders. Food often plays a major role, like “pan de Muerto,” or Bread of the Dead. A photo of the deceased person or some important possession may be placed on the altar which among the pictures this year remembers Rogelio “Cheddy” Balli, who was the Friends of the Museum treasurer and passed away in early 2020. The public is welcome to visit the museum, which is located at 130 South Eighth Street in Alamo. For more information you may call (956) 961-4398. The museum is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. An altar to commemorate the Day of the Dead observance has been created at the City of Alamo Museum and will be on display the month of November.

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