{"id":78636,"date":"2022-10-26T23:08:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T22:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visionrcl.org.uk\/?post_type=bwm-events&p=78636"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:04:24","slug":"day-of-the-dead-procession","status":"publish","type":"bwm-events","link":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/event\/day-of-the-dead-procession\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of the Dead – Wanstead Procession"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Grab your lanterns, masks and glowsticks to help bring Wanstead alive in a grand spectacle of puppets led by The Lantern Company. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take a moment to honour your loved ones and join the celebration of life – with Las Muertas stilt walkers and music from some very special guests! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Line up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Flash Bang Brass LED Band<\/a> – an electrifying spectacle of light and sound, blending club, rave and pop.
Catch them roaming a taster performance outside the library at 3pm before the main procession!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lantern Company <\/a><\/strong>– Meet the Skellies as they tower over you, dance, play and guide you along the procession route!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Las Muertas stilt walkers<\/strong> – Meet these ethereal characters as they flicker with light and burst with colour.
Catch them roaming inside and outside the library at 2pm and 3.15pm before the main procession!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Los Soneros Mariachi duo<\/a> <\/strong>– Let them serenade you as they bring you the best of Latin rhythms from Latin-American and Cuban music.
Catch them roaming inside and outside the library at 1pm and 2.30pm before the main procession!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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This is Mexico! Folk Dance Group <\/a>– Watch them as they celebrate the joy of Mexican culture through traditional dance.
Catch them roaming inside and outside the library at 2.30pm and 4pm before the main procession!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Wanstead Procession will gather inside the library 30 minutes before the start of the event. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is supported with public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This event is part of our<\/em> Festival of the Dead Programme – click here to see what else is on!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":78637,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"event-audience":[1874,1875,1876,1882,1883],"event-type":[1884,1885],"event-location":[1893],"class_list":["post-78636","bwm-events","type-bwm-events","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-audience-adults","event-audience-children","event-audience-families","event-audience-teens","event-audience-under-5s","event-type-heritage-culture","event-type-libraries","event-location-wanstead"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwm-events\/78636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bwm-events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bwm-events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78636"},{"taxonomy":"event-audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-audience?post=78636"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=78636"},{"taxonomy":"event-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isca00.bigwaveserver.co.uk\/~visionrc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-location?post=78636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}