In Mexican tradition All Soul's Day became Día de los Muertos and the traditions that sprang up around it were a mix of Catholic and pagan. Most notable is the ...
On Dia de los Muertos, the streets of Oaxaca come alive with celebrations, as Mexico sees a spike in holiday tourism.
Movies like "Coco" and Day of the Dead rituals invite children and adults to approach death not with sadness or fear but as a tribute to life itself, ...
Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in Mexico with origins that go back thousands of years.
He is originally from the town of Tekax, but he has been looking after this hacienda in southeastern Mexico for 16 years. Dzul has a gift that he got from his ...
Residents of southern Mexico's Oaxaca state wait with anticipation for Day of the Dead celebrations every Nov. 1, when families place homemade altars to ...
By María Verza And Fernanda Pesce, The Associated Press. Posted October 31, 2023 8:19 pm. Last Updated November 1, 2023 12:42 am. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Day ...
I believe it's time to fully acknowledge the cultural intermixing that's happening between Día de los Muertos and Halloween.
The Day of the Dead is a holiday in Mexico dedicated to remembering those who have passed on. Here is how people are celebrating their loved ones.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Day of the Dead in Mexico smells like cempasuchil flowers and copal incense. It has a sweet taste. Sounds and colors abound.
Artists Oscar and Fabi Rios, both from Mexico City, have created several colourful figures to add to the festive atmosphere in the art gallery. They'll also be ...
The holiday is celebrated though ritual observations like constructing altars, or ofrendas, filled with offerings to the dead and decorating family ...
Together, two smells show dead souls the way out of the underworld: cempasuchil — a type of marigold whose name means “flower of 20 petals” in Nahuatl language ...
What started as an ambush quickly transformed into a manhunt on Wednesday afternoon, when police in Mexico's northern border state of Sonora repelled a ...
Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson and the Church's Mexico Area presidency invite others to reflect on lessons from their ancestors and do ...
Día de los Muertos is the holiday Angelica Cruz, owner of Mexican bakery La Morenita, looks forward to the most. "Towards the end of September, everybody is ...
“It's a time to remember those who have died and feast in their honor,” said Minnesota chef and cookbook author Amalia Moreno-Damgaard, a native of Guatemala. “ ...
Día de los Muertos is a Latin American holiday that begins on Nov. 1 and will last two days to honour the spirits of dead relatives. Here's how the day is ...