Southern California is getting ready to celebrate an old Mexican tradition that honors and celebrates loved ones who have departed this earth. The Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1 and 2 ...

Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a pre-Hispanic tradition in ... paper mache skeletons and sweets. The celebrations on Tuesday and Wednesday are the largest since 2019 after being curtailed ...

During the early 21st century, the celebrations began to expand from ... influence in the northern regions of Mexico, the Day of the Dead was not celebrated throughout the country.

Credit: Reuters Photo A woman lights candles at an altar erected for deceased loved ones during Day of the Dead celebrations. Credit: Reuters Photo People gather around the graves of their ...

Marigolds are the traditional flowers used for the Day of the Dead celebrations as it is believed that their scent will attract the souls to come to the altar. Encarni Pindado With many cemeteries ...

Created around 1910, José Posada's woodcut of the elegant skeleton la Catrina (detail, right) continues to animate celebrations of the Day of the Dead. Iliana Montoya (Coahuiltecan/Saginaw ...

“Our vision has always been to create a place for the living and the dead to be together.” Even skeletons need to eat. The otherworldly celebration ... The day’s main attraction are 100 ...

Celebrations of death from around the world ... “Mexicans believe the dead return to the living world on the Day of the Dead and celebrate the festival with them. This is a concept quite foreign ...

The Celebrating Life 5K Run and Walk is part of the city's three-day celebration for Day of the Dead. For Dick Tips, co-owner of Mission Park Funeral Homes and Cemetery, Saturday's race is a ...

Mankato’s Day of the Dead celebration founder, a West High School student and the local Indivisible chapter will receive ...