{"id":7107,"date":"2015-11-17T11:14:32","date_gmt":"2015-11-17T16:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/?p=7107"},"modified":"2015-11-17T11:28:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T16:28:44","slug":"foa-students-learn-about-a-mexican-cultural-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/news\/foa-students-learn-about-a-mexican-cultural-celebration","title":{"rendered":"FOA Students Learn about a Mexican Cultural Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7128\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-270x165.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_5879\" width=\"270\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-270x165.jpg 270w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-540x330.jpg 540w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-200x122.jpg 200w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-125x76.jpg 125w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-60x37.jpg 60w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-85x52.jpg 85w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_5879-e1447273316762-80x49.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>Since pre-Columbian times, the Day of the Dead, also known as\u00a0D\u00eda de Muertos, has been celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries around the world. This is not a gruesome, scary, or sad ritual as the name may suggest; it is a beautiful day in which many Latin American countries happily remember their\u00a0departed\u00a0loved ones and celebrate their lives, much like when we go to a graveyard to leave flowers on a grave-site.<\/p>\n<p>As part of our Spanish and Culture programs, Five Oaks Academy Elementary and Middle School <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7127\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-152x270.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3765\" width=\"152\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-152x270.jpg 152w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-304x540.jpg 304w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-158x280.jpg 158w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-99x175.jpg 99w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-47x84.jpg 47w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-67x119.jpg 67w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733-63x112.jpg 63w, http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_3765-e1447273349733.jpg 1532w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/>tudents learn about this special ritual and partake in the ceremonial Day of the Dead bread called pan de muerto, the traditional Mexican sweet bread that symbolizes a fraternal offering to the souls during this celebration.<\/p>\n<p>At Five Oaks Academy, it is important to present our students with these types of authentic cultural experiences so that our students will have a global understanding of the world they live in and develop<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0respect for all individuals. Our unique educational setting,\u00a0where 31 different countries are represented, cultivates\u00a0happiness, kindness, knowledge, awareness, and tolerance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_17_2_9_1429672679189_13310\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since pre-Columbian times, the Day of the Dead, also known as\u00a0D\u00eda de Muertos, has been celebrated in Mexico and other Latin countries around the world. This is not a gruesome, scary, or sad ritual as the name may suggest; it is a beautiful day in which many Latin American countries happily remember their\u00a0departed\u00a0loved ones and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":7128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7107\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}