Ofrenda

The Day of the Dead (“Día de Muertos” in Spanish, not “Día de los Muertos”) is one of the most ubiquitous traditions of Mexican culture. While the most easily recognizable aspects are probably the various representations of skulls and skeletons, the one that holds the most meaning for those celebrating is the altar, or ofrenda in Spanish. In many ways the ofrenda is what the whole celebration is about.

A typical ofrenda is a simple concept. It consists of a set of items that will identify the person to whom it is dedicated along with staples of the celebration such a pan de muerto, a traditional sugary pastry adorned with bone and skull shapes made from the same bread, and marigold petals. The items that identify the person will include photographs, personal items that belonged to them, but can also include food other than the traditional one which the person in question particularly enjoyed. They will most commonly be built on a table which will be adorned with a tablecloth and china paper cut in patterns.

Before we make our ofrena - we need to do some research on historical figures in computer science

• Grace Hooper

• Ada Lovelace

• Annie Easley

• Mary Jackson

• Katherine Johnson

• Ida Rhodes

• José García Santesmases

• Ferran Hurtado

• Rangaswamy Narasimhan

• Steve Jobs

• Xia Peisu

• Irene Ayako Uchida

• Dorothy Vaughn

• Jerry Lawson

• Blaise de Vigenère (cryptography)

• Al-Kindi (cryptohgraphy)

• Charles Babbage(cryptography)

• Ann Z. Caracristi(cryptography)

• Alan Turing(cryptography)

• Agnes Meyer Driscoll (cryptography)

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