{"id":3139,"date":"2018-11-02T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/?p=3139"},"modified":"2020-05-21T15:38:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T15:38:18","slug":"wusa9-what-is-day-of-the-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/index.php\/2018\/11\/02\/wusa9-what-is-day-of-the-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"WUSA9: What is Day of the Dead?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/goingoutguide\/hidden-inside-washingtons-embassies-a-world-of-fun-and-free-stuff-to-do\/2018\/11\/28\/df303ff6-ef3a-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html?utm_term=.9bf66238e900\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"688\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9.jpg 688w, https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/instituteofmexicodc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/press-20181101-WUSA9-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 688px) 100vw, 688px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">WUSA9, Nov 1, 2018 > <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WUSA9, the local Washington D.C. news station, visited the Mexican Cultural Institute to learn more about Day of the dead (<em>Dia de los muerots<\/em>) and to preview our altar. 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