Downtown Aurora will once again be transformed into Sugar Skull City from Oct. 15 to Nov. 6, offering a three-week celebration of the Day of the Dead. “There are several activities that people ...

A three-week celebration of Mexican culture honoring the tradition of the Day of the Dead began Saturday as Aurora’s downtown was transformed into Sugar Skull City. “This is the first time we ...

Here’s how the Day of the Dead is celebrated across the world, who celebrates and the meaning behind the sugar skull. Day of the Dead is observed on All Souls’ Day, which has been celebrated ...

This style of imagery is now called sugar skulls and has become the most familiar symbol of the Day of the Dead, popularising the skull motif still further. Today, people paint their faces as ...

Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead — is a revered annual celebration ... Some people incorporate sugar skull face painting or wear masks that represent calacas (skeletons) or catrinas ...

“During contemporary Day of the Dead festivities, people commonly wear skull masks and eat sugar candy molded into the shape of skulls,” History.com says. “The pan de ánimas of All Souls ...

Foods such as sugar skulls ... meaning "elegant skull," was featured as a skeletal figure in a fancy dress and became one of the many prominent symbols of the Day of the Dead.

But the sugar-skull show will go on: The 14th annual Florida Day of the Dead festival and parade will return on Saturday, Nov. 4, in a new location at Esplanade Park. Hammond considered postponing ...