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It touches something deeply personal: the enduring connection between generations and the belief that \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003edeath is not the end of our existence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eWe are born, we live, we leave this mortal life—and yet the bonds of family endure. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eIn this sense, Día de los Muertos provides a remarkably powerful artistic language for expressing a universal human longing: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003eto remember those we love, to preserve their stories, and to believe that love can transcend the boundary between this life and the next.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eThe Dia de los Muertos collection is a celebration of that idea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eAt its crown, an intricately sculpted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003eskull beneath a sombrero\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e emerges among an abundance of flowers—the unmistakable imagery of Día de los Muertos. Along the crown and lower barrel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003edancing skeletons rise from the grave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e, evoking both the joyous spirit of the celebration and the ancient promise of resurrection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eThe imagery recalls the extraordinary vision of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003eEzekiel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e, in which dry bones are restored, bone to bone, and brought back to life. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003eAcross the barrel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt; font-family: 'TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT',serif;\"\u003eskulls dance beside a guitar and an exuberant garden of flowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 15.0pt;\"\u003e, transforming mortality into music, movement and celebration. 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