The Latino Student Alliance (LSA), and host Genesis Arzu, invites everyone to gather around the virtual alfombra in this commemoration of Holy Week for Christians. See the alfombra from 2018.

Alfombras, sometimes called  (Spanish: tapetes de aserr铆n), are one or more layers of colored sawdust, and sometimes other additional materials, laid on the ground as decoration. Sawdust carpets are traditionally created to greet a religious procession that walks over them. The tradition of decorating streets in this fashion began in Europe and was brought to the Americas by the Spanish. The tradition is still found in Mexico, Central America, parts of South America and parts of the United States, but it is strongest in Mexico and Central America.

The most traditional use of these carpets is for processions related to Holy Week in Mexico and Central America (especially in Sutiaba, Le贸n, Nicaragua and Antigua Guatemala) and Corpus Christi in the United States. In Mexico, their use has been extended to processions dedicated to patron saints, especially in Huamantla, Tlaxcala and Huajuapan de Le贸n, Oaxaca as well as to Day of the Dead, especially in central Mexico.

The community gathered around the alfombra created by the Latino Student Alliance engaging themes of acceptance, goodness, and grace with the alfombra as a visual invitation for prayer and reflection.

Holy Week chapel, held in the Campus Center Greeting Hall, featured engagement with the alfombra (carpet).聽 The Latino Student Alliance prepared the alfombra to greet and celebrate the coming of Jesus among us! Reflect on paths we share with Jesus: immigrant, salvation, hope and suffering.