The Aztec festival dedicated to honoring the dead ... In 2008, UNESCO recognized Mexico’s Day of the Dead as part of the ...

Mexicans have been taking part in the annual Day of the Dead festival during which they celebrate the lives of the departed. Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a pre-Hispanic tradition in ...

The Patzcuaro’s lake region, on the western Mexican state of Michoacan, is home to some of the most colorful and traditional rituals of the Day of the Dead’s celebrations, held on Nov. 1 and 2.

A giant skeleton has "emerged" from a street in the Tlahuac neighbourhood of Mexico City ... placed in the city street ahead of the Day of the Dead celebrations on 1 and 2 November.

My father replied that it was because though we were Mexican, we were Jewish first — and while we could participate in some cultural aspects of the festival ... the Day of the Dead originates ...

Mexico's Day of the Dead festival blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld, and seeks to celebrate the continuity of life.

Then we realized something. We live in Phoenix, home to one of the greatest import stores we've seen: Mercado Mexico. Unlike the aforementioned retailers, Mercado Mexico is the real deal.

that is usually baked on the days leading up to and on the Day of the Dead (1–2 November) in Mexico. The shape of the bread represents a skull and bones. It is delicious eaten freshly made ...