and then, that's followed by a production of the actual luna mexicana play that tells the story of lunaually dreams about reconnecting with her ancestors. it's a beautiful production and the costumes are exciting, the music is great, and it really brings back the spirit of connecting with our antepasados, our ancestors. so we're really excited about all those elements of luna mexicana this year and, in particular, paying tribute to those folks that we have lost to covid-19. damian: so we're talking about the danza, [speaking foreign language] and mariachi all in one in one night? abel: that's right. so danza azteca to bless the setting, to bless the four directions, and to really pay tribute to the four directions and our indigenous culture, followed by some fantastic mariachi music paying tribute to our ancestors again because we know when we celebrate, you have to have music and so we're gonna have that element as well. and it really is a family affair. during part of the performance, we ask audience members to do a call and response and we ask them to shout out the names of their lov

with me is abel guillén, the chair of the board there of the luna mexicana committee.welcome to the show. abel guillén: hey, thank you so much for having us today. i'm excited to be here and [speaking foreign language] damian: that's right. well, we have a theme going. that's why the altar--i have my [speaking foreign language] in the back, but we're talking about