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A decorated calavera, the Mexican word for "skull", sits among other traditional items, including an actual sugar skull made of sugar, as professional storyteller Valentina Ortiz of New York City, originally from Michoa, Mexico, delivers a bilingual Day of the Dead presentation about Mexican culture and the holiday's tradiition to first through fifth grade dual language students at Westwood Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019 in Woodstock. The Mexican holiday is celebrated on Nov. 1 and 2. Ortiz's cultural presentation was made possible by a D200 Foundation grant awarded to 5th grade dual language teacher Kathleen Lacey-Anderson.