Image The Xico cemetery in 2020 during Day of the Dead celebrations in Valle de Chalco, Mexico.Credit...Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images Altars also often feature small skulls made of sugar ...

In Mexico, the annual Day of the Dead is celebrated to honor the lives ... People erect and decorate ofrendas (offerings) with pictures and mementos of loved ones. A rainbow variety of papel ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, honors that sacred cycle by venerating the dead and celebrating their annual return to the world of the living. Paola Morrongiello/NYPOST In life, death is ...

The Day of the Dead (or Día de los Muertos in Spanish) is one of the most important traditional celebrations in Mexico. It celebrates the circle of life by remembering the lives of those who are ...

Day of the Dead might sound like a solemn affair, but Mexico’s famous holiday is actually ... the fantastical spirit animals called alebrijes and images of convivial calaveras – skeletons ...

But once quaint celebrations in hubs for the Day of the Dead like Mexico City, Oaxaca and Michoacan have started to brim with tourists, who snap photos of mourners. In recent years, many Mexicans ...

more than Mexico’s Independence Day,” Eduardo explains. “We see the dead with sadness, but also with joy.” Behind him is an altar decorated with pictures of his grandparents as well as his ...

Pets are not forgotten during Mexico's famed Day of the Dead celebrations ... a type of marigold — is placed around the photos, as well as candles and figurines of skulls.Taco was an omnivorous ...

The 2015 James Bond movie Spectre portrays a massive Day of the Dead parade through Mexico City ... to honor their deceased loved ones, placing photos and offerings and lighting candles.

A Day of the Dead altar celebrating the memory of Taco, Meztli Lizaola's pet Chihuahua, sits on a wooden piece of furniture, installed in a corner of her living room in Mexico City, Wednesday ...