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The butterflies represent migrates, people who move just like butterflies do.

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The multiple butterfly murals represent migrants, people who move.

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The ofrenda was created as a way of remembering the people who have died in the earthquake of Turkey, Morocco, and Syria. It is a good way of mixing Mexican cultures with the world.

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I learned that the butterflies represent immigrants, in this case the Mexicans, because the butterflies immigrate too.

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I really like this art piece because of the beautiful marigold field but with the addition of black lines. The lines add more depth to the meaning.

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This portrait was inspired by women’s violence

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People write messages to their loved ones that passed

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This piece of art represents women, specifically in Mexica, that have been treated unfairly and have had violence done to them. The flowers represent life, death, and beauty.

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This market had food, decorations, drinks all from different place around the world. Of course from Germany but also from Poland, France, etc.

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I enjoyed the different kinds of foods and cultures seen around the market. It has a mixture of France, Poland, and Germany all in one place

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I liked how many cultures were represented there. There was a Nepalese stand that was super interesting and a Peruvian stand selling llama clothing and scarves. The food was authentically German and I enjoyed it a lot.

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At the market, there were many different foods and drinks offered. They were from all different places as well, not just Germany! I did get German hot chocolate which was super good and tasted much different than what I have at home, and I got a chocolate covered strawberry’s and banana's!

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The mural was about a Mexican folklore story. It involved two lovers who died to be with each other. They are represented by two mountains that look like two people sleeping side by side.

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I got the chance to buy candy not available in the States. I got a chocolate bar made of Alpine milk and a bag of licorice from Finland. We also tried authentic German food such as Bratwurst, potato pancakes, and hot chocolate.

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we got german mugs with hot chocolate

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Me, Kayla, and Hana by the Belize tree!

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i learned that in egyptian’s have a mass the night of christmas eve

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Fav tree: Puerto Rico tree has cute little instruments and guitars on it!

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Another tree I liked was the Puerto Rico display!!

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This is the tree representing Canada, I learned that there is not a specific way people decorate their tree other than it best displaying values of their country.

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This tree was made by Colombian’s. On the tree there were classic Colombian features such as guitars and sombreros.

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The Irish tree was filled with classic Irish items. Shamrocks, harps, and Gaelic slogans were all present on the tree.

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Michael and jack loved this conceptual art piece involving true heritage and culture.

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they say feliz navidad to say merry christmas in spanish

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Kassidy, Natalie, and Niharika by the Switzerland tree

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This mural is made entirely out of beads. I really love how colorful the art at this museum was! 

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This was the first offrenda display we saw. It was a tribute to Turkish earthquake victims, but still tied in a few traditional elements. 

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Michael and jack liked this photos involving marigold flowers and the beauty the artist included.

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I liked the different parts of nature and the volcano in this mural

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Kassidy, Natalie, and Niharika by the India tree

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a lot of art in the NMMA is defined by its bright colors and often reoccurring themes. Animals are frequently featured in art as well. Here is a picture of chac mool, a well known statue featured in a lot of art!

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Michael got to try a chocolate covered banana for the first time! Him and jack enjoyed all the culture behind the Germans !

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I liked how the different flowers represented something more

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This is the tree representing Guatemala, their Christmas trees are not usually decorated traditionally as you can see the doll like ornaments hanging

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I enjoyed seeing Molly again and drinking hot chocolate

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This image is a scaled up version of an ofrenda. Ofrendas are usually 6-8 feet tables, but feature the same kind of things that this big one has.

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Michael and jack loved to see the eternal flame. Respect to the troops always. #love America #respect the troops

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I learned that in different states of Mexico, people celebrate and decorate the ofrendas differently. Some are based outdoors and some are inside the house. I learned that the ofrenda in that picture has three levels built in three different days and the first one is for children.

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Michael and jack loved to see the Guatemalan tree. Love to see all the different cultures. #culture #christmas #fun in the museum

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I thought it was cool that a lot of the workers were German. We heard lots of accents while trying the food!

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I learned that animals are really important in Mexican art and many ofrendas have animals in them

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The tree from Belgium with waffles on it :)

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Classic culture with Michael, jack, and Santa!!!!!! This is a popular tradition in America. #santa is real #your never to old for Santa #ho ho ho

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I enjoyed trying the different foods at the German market, especially the Pretzels and the chocolate discs

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The tree from Lebanon

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I learned that the 18 flowers are dedicated to women around the world who have experienced violence, it has a special focus on the victims of femicide in Mexico.

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Germany’s Christmas tree was very colorful and had a variety of different kinds of ornaments

-Frankie, Nora, and Lilah

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I learned that the Mexican hairless dog holds a special place in Mexican culture and was featured in the movie Coco.

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Austria’s tree has heart shaped ornaments with cute sayings on them

-Frankie, Nora, and Lilah

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This tree represents Canada! I learned that their tree is more focused on representing the colors or their flag (red and white)!

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This tree represents Guatemala and I learned that they don’t have a very traditional tree for their country!

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I learned that people in Lebanon celebrate Christmas and they say “milad majeed” instead of merry Christmas.

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The Mexican tree was decorated with many dolls which are part of the Mexican culture and they celebrate Christmas by saying “Feliz navidad” in the Spanish language

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I learned that this ofrenda was made for the victims of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria. Designs from their culture were incorporated to create a modern and beautiful ofrenda for those who passed. A big factor for choosing to honor the fallen is because Mexico also had a few deadly earthquakes, so the artist really sympathized with the recent events.

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These were a few pieces from a collaborative artwork. The collaboration was between female artists who created designs on ofrenda-flower-shapes that represent the struggles of women, such as honoring them or telling a story about the troubles they face. The bottom left piece is especially intense and conveys a deep, resonating feeling.

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This may be silly, but something I found interesting is that all the different stalls selling hot chocolate had the same collectible mugs, even though they were completely different shops. It was nice to see them all come together to sell Christkindlmarkt collectible mugs!

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This tree is of Bolivia, a Spanish speaking country. Much of the cultural clothing is shown through the decoration.

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One of the pretty murals that I saw, filled with varying shapes and colors.

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This is a big beautiful ofrenda from the museum. Not only did it feature a lot of great designs and colors (like the skull designs) but had pictures of Turkish and Syrian earthquake. As a Syrian I felt very conntected to this and really appreciate the point of view this empathetic Mexican artist took.

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This cheese stuffed pretzel was really warm and good. Enjoyed it as well as other foods I tried like Crepe. I enjoyed walking around and seeing the different vendors selling.

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The main tree on display (other pics were too blurry).

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This tree represents my dad side. It was really nice seeing a Puerto Rican decorated tree! It was beautiful.

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We all took a picture by the main big tree with Santa! It was outstanding among the rest for how big it was.

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This wall of women’s art represents violence against women. These flowers are so impactful with different types of art.

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This ofrenda represents a female Puerto Rican theater director and art who played a big part in this museum.

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This was one of the murals my group saw while walking around. It was a portrait of Frida Kahlo, who was very important in using art to explore certain aspects of Mexican society.

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My group and I really liked this piece of art that was done on a shovel. We found out that it represented the unions of mexican farmers.

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My friends and I really liked the hot chocolate. It was cool to try all of the different german foods.

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I took a picture of Chaithra by a Bolivian christmas tree. It was interesting to see the dolls and hats that were hung on the tree.

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My group and I took a picture with the big tree right in the middle of the museum. It was really nice to walk around and look at all of the different decorated trees that surrounded it.

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I loved learning that there were so many different types of ofrendas based on where they were located and who they were for! I especially liked this one because of its bright colors and tribute to the earthquake victims.

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I enjoyed looking at all the art in the museum because of the bright colors! I liked this one because it shows Chac Mool which is a legend we read about in Spanish class last year.

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At the market we were able to try many different types of food including: pierogis, potato pancakes, a giant pretzel, and hot chocolate. All of it was delicious!

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Another tree I enjoyed was the tree from Puerto Rico because of all the little instruments hanging on it to represent their musical culture!