The Day of the Dead is a time for the dead to return home and visit loved ones, feast on their favorite foods and listen to their favorite music. In the homes, family members honor their deceased ...

Mexico’s Day of the Dead and its imagery officially crossed ... are no hard rules on what to include on a Dia de los Muertos altar. Some indigenous communities, for example, frown upon the ...

In San Jose, a roadside altar for Day of the Dead is sparking a lot of buzz – and catching the attention of the city, which may force the unhoused man who created it to take it down. Miguel ...

Parties: Most dead relatives would probably avoid hanging out at a dour, depressing party, so music, drinking, and eating is a big part of the day.Meals are often the favorite food of the deceased ...

Mexico City, for example, celebrates Day of the Dead throughout the month of October, allowing people to add or change up their altars over the course of the month. Though the holiday is ...

The cavernous space of the ICA Watershed became bursting with life Saturday as volunteers prepared for festivities celebrating Day of the Dead ... into an exhibition of altars honoring lost ...

Día de Muertos or Day of the ... believed that the dead could return to the world of the living — at least temporarily. KPBS is hosting a digital community ofrenda, or altar, again this year ...

Like many Mexican Americans, visual artist Ruben Esquivel didn’t grow up with the Day of the Dead. The fifth-generation ... Esquivel, 35, recalls glimpsing an altar at Santa Julia Catholic ...

“So, in a way, altars are offerings to fertility. And Day of the Dead is a celebration of the life contained in each seed.” Pan de muerto’s shape, ingredients and preparations differ from ...