Day of the Dead

Día de los Muertos has indigenous roots dating back more than 3,000 years to pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations like the Aztec, Mayan, and Nahua. Also ...

Traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2, Dia de Muertos has its origins in 3,000-year-old Aztec death rituals. These would honour the dead, with family ...

Building Day of the Dead altars for Dia de los Muertos is a way to honor the lives of those who have passed away. This year, the University of Nevada, ...

While kids take to the streets Tuesday night in hopes of filling bags and plastic pumpkins with Halloween candy and treats, another spooky-adjacent holiday ...

From the world-famous Mexican holiday, to parades in Ireland, trick-or-treaters in the U.S. and thousands of people launching huge kites in Guatemala, ...

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 ...

Noemi Ayala-Antonsen, a skilled Dia de los Muertos face painter in metro Phoenix, tells what kind of paint to use and how to get started.

The origins of Day of the Dead trace back a few hundred years to an Aztec festival that honored their goddess of the dead, Mictecacihuatl. The Aztec party ...

Mexicans are celebrating Day of the Dead, an intangible tradition borne down from pre-Hispanic cultures that is also a celebration for all the senses.

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday with a rich history of honoring ancestors. How to enjoy its traditions with respect.

What is Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead? The Mexican holiday that honors the dead. The two-day event celebrates the life, not death of those we have lost ...

Some believe the Day of the Dead's origins lie with the Aztecs, and the goddess Mictēcacihuātl ('Lady of the Dead'), goddess of death.

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" ...

The Mexican town's tradition is supposed to be in aid of spirits' successful ascension to heaven. Families pray for their dead relatives, and pristinely ...

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.

And no, it's not “Mexican Halloween”. ... Portrait of a Catrina in the town of San Andrés Mixquic, as part of the. Norte Photo via Getty Images.

With a host of bar takeovers and late-night celebrations, Mike Daw on where to raise a glass to the dearly departed this week.

Día de los Muertos, a two-day celebration remembering the dead, begins Wednesday, with festivities honoring the tradition across the state.

On November 1st, people in Mexico observe Día de Los Muertos, which is translated as the Day of the Dead.

On Dia de los Muertos, the streets of Oaxaca come alive with celebrations, as Mexico sees a spike in holiday tourism.

Old El Paso is back with limited edition themed packs across best-selling SKUs in celebration of Mexican festival 'Dia de los Muertos', more commonly.

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 ...

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, ...

A Day of the Dead conference is educating future nurses and healthcare professionals about how to tackle difficult conversations with patients and their ...

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 ...

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.

This weekend, giant skeleton marionettes, dancers and allegorical floats will flood the streets of Mexico City for a clamorous Day of the Dead festival.

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 ...

“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. “ ...

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 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 ...

Speakers and leading figures from health bodies, hospices, employers and charities have been collaborating with Institute of Health nursing academics to ensure ...

On Saturday, October 28, the first Catrinas Parade took place in Cyprus, organised by Tonantzin Mexican Restaurant in Nicosia. La Catrina is the name given ...

Even though her oldest son died more than two years ago, Jessica Torres waits for him to visit every Nov. 2. She sits in front of the ofrenda — an altar she ...

Old El Paso is back with limited edition themed packs in celebration of Mexican festival 'Dia de los Muertos', more commonly known in the UK as 'Day of the ...

During the Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico, cemeteries come to life the night of Nov. 1, as families decorate their loved one's tombstones with ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a two-day celebration, which takes place annually on Nov. 1 and Nov. 2, is not a somber holiday.