Here are some facts about the larger-than-life celebration, traditions, as well as some ideas of what to include in your own ofrenda. Day of the Dead festivities can begin as early as Halloween ...

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 ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, honors that sacred cycle by venerating ... The Christian faith has a long history of “rebranding” the sacred sites, myths, and celebrations of those ...

Here are interesting facts about Day of the Dead, including its most beloved traditions, why it's celebrated over two days and the meaning of sugar skulls. The holiday has roots in ancient pre ...

Sisters Cristal Ortega, 4 (left), and her sister Kenya Ortega, 7, show off their day of the dead face paint they received during the ArtLoveMagic Dia de los Muertos en Dallas event in 2014.

The iconic Day of the Dead calacas (skeletons) and calaveras (skulls) come from 20th-century printer and cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada, according to History.com. Posada was making a statement ...

When Alma Paz-San Miguel was living in Guadalajara, Jalisco, surrounded by her living family members, she didn't give celebrating Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, much consideration.

Why is it that we make offerings to the dead and what is the symbolism behind them? Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Here is your guide to the history ...

Day of the Dead, or also known as Día de Los Muertos ... at his home to educate his non-Latino friends about the history of the Mexican holiday. It has since grown to be an event also dedicated ...

The giant Día de Los Muertos papier-mâché figures, called mojigangas, will unite as part of a Day of the Dead vigil conducted by the Border Network for Human Rights, an immigration reform and ...