All Soul's Weekend
soul procession weekend event tucson arizona draw mesoamerican spanish roman catholic mexican ritual incorporating many diverse cultural tradition common goal honoring remembering deceased soul procession weekend commonly known soul procession derived soul procession event first initiated organized tucson artist susan kay johnson express sorrow recent death father initiate artistic ritual honor dead tucson johnson studied art therapy based part work swiss psychoanalyst carl jung including study ritual culture around world father died johnson planned invited artist participate threeday ritual lasted halloween saint day ended soul day ritual took place public private space downtown tucson involved art object johnson created event public interest ritual led artist sue johnson apply grant tucson partnership order involve tucson community event free public workshop art music followed large procession one artist listed grant application mykl well reported helped johnson write grant application name spelled michael well well reported helped inspire johnson initial planning soul procession told johnson día de los muertos ritual witnessed guanajuato mexico susan johnson transferred direction procession nadia hagenonuktav founder performance troupe flam chen flam chen added new circus element musician create resolving ceremony event many mouth one stomach mmos given nonprofit status became official producer event weekend grown multiple installation workshop event free workshop performance craft traditional art form facilitated local artist sept nov mid oct nov community altar dedication jose duran danza coaltique openair physical collection space prayer memento burned urn finale ceremony space created consecrated jose duran elder local neighborhood includes shrine ancestor’s project photo submission world projected rolling slideshow frame shrine journey thru grief collection interactive art installation along santa cruz riverwalk built give public experiential metaphor emotional state grieving participant could place large boulder “memory spiral” tie piece fabric belonged loved one ribbon tree talk lost loved one “spirit phone” procession little angel free family friendly pintsized procession take place public park day procession main procession travel oldest barrio tucson culminates mercado district dance dead series benefit concert event support free event domo open invitation procession walk across mainstage year restoration care ceremony inspired color theme year host musical guest previous collabs withtribe called red soriah filastine fine stream gamelan steve roach odaiko sonora tucson symphony orchestra controversyorganizers soul weekend made explicit effort present soul procession associated event inclusive distinct origin día de los muertos partly response charge cultural appropriation academic critic charged organizer participant primarily angloamericans similar charge directed day dead parade mission district san francisco however soul weekend event bringing together people varying background public celebration downtown tucson organizer influence control tradition participant choose represent honor event year thousand participant soul weekend activity choose wear calaverastyle makeup object familiar many tucson due city location mile usmexico border spanish conquest middle america ancient mesoamerican ritual merged roman catholic tradition along modern cultural interest america yielding holiday known today día de los muertos spanish day dead english least one writer argued soul’s weekend tucson represents step evolution precolonial mesoamerican ritual day dead though evidence soul procession directly inspired history day dead organizer soul’s weekend emphasize event includes encourages form individual expression drawing many culture religion ritual mission weekend’s primary organizing body many mouth one stomach mmos includes perspective death universal experience uniting deceased loved one living mmos intends soul’s weekend serve opportunity approach death safe social setting soul’s weekend culminates largest event parade called soul’s procession according mmos “the soul procession perhaps one important inclusive authentic public ceremony north america today” participant often dress wear mask paint face create intricate artistic installation tow altar also engaging numerous form expression remembrance deceased deceased may include family friend pet endangered specie fallen hero victim war group individual feel deserving remembrance procession forum community engage open authentic expression grief loss joy celebration procession led large steel sculpture called urn procession attendee invited place prayer photograph remembrance lost loved one end procession urn set fire burning urn serf purpose uniting individual remembrance one cathartic communal expression grief celebration honoring lost loved one attendance participation soul’s weekend free public event includes sponsor advertising mmos nonprofit organization funded exclusively donation art grant soul’s weekend cost approximately one dollar per attendee total cost procession mmos express pride community based nature soul’s weekend intend seek corporate sponsorship “that funding likely come requirement obligation reluctant take on” participant procession average donate tax deductible donation individual group including business private organization may made mmos support soul’s weekend soul procession susan kay johnson retrieved november