Days of The Dead at Minstead Study Centre
A Celebration of Life
and Lives Lived
...an Egyptian Sarcophagus in the village
church - decorated by Hospice patients
and school children on the Acorn Project, wish carrying tissue fire faeries dancing over flames, epitaphs written, prayers
Die....it’s the one thing we are all going to made, skull stones painted, stories told and
do.. Guaranteed!! Yet it still takes a lot of a candle lit procession to a tuneful church
service.
people by surprise.
A funeral for a road kill squirrel, a small
Viking boat launch for a demised woodmouse, and a puppet chimp called Pan - all
helped in delivering our Days of the Dead.
The blank cardboard coffin - in the middle
of the room ready to be decorated, also took
on a different meaning when we heard Ken
was dying, and his family hadn’t got the
money for his funeral - we would be happy
We planned, and had, a fun, uplifting, cre- to paint it for him.
ative and informative day, that was enjoyed
by all ages of the 150 or so visitors. With A reflective, colourful and productive day
a £3 entrance, kids free, we just about broke was had by all !
even and covered costs and some expenses.
Watch out for the next one:
We had plans for putting on a ‘Death and
Dying’ event