Photo Gallery: Dia De Los Muertos Altar Gives Residents A Place To Honor Loved Ones

Arlington TX

20 October, 2021

7:22 PM

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By Cristian ArguetaSoto, Fort Worth Report October 20, 2021 For a third year, a Dia de los Muertos ofrenda, or offering, altar set up at local apothecary and massage studio Maven's Moon offers residents a place to honor their deceased loved ones. "To me, it gives them a place to be remembered. I mean, they are always sitting on my altar in my home, but here everybody else can share that energy or light a candle for them," Maven Dolph, 41, owner of Maven's Moon, said. "Sometimes I'll bring a gift for somebody else's loved one." Dolph set a photo of her Italian grandfather and Irish grandmother at the altar. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.