All you need to do is win the Catrina Contest ... Costumes must embody the traditional Catrina character, with creative adaptations encouraged. Among the most recognizable symbols of Day of the ...

This Sunday, the Consulate General of Mexico in Atlanta and the Institute of Mexican Culture will hold a Day of the Dead ... a Catrinas and Catrines costume contest for kids and adults.

An owner shows off her pet dressed as a Lotería game card during a pet costume contest as part of the Day of the Dead festivities, in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024. "We are experiencing ...

Day of the Dead continues to change, and a mixing of cultures and customs continues to occur. Halloween festivities are becoming more prevalent in Mexico: masks and costumes are sold in the ...

Bars and nightclubs in southern Mexico hosted Halloween and Day of the Dead costume parties for adults. Some Mexicans denounced Halloween as “an invasion.” Some referred to Halloween as ...

The first days of November carry outsized cultural significance in Mexico — and across Mexican diasporas worldwide. That’s when families celebrate Día de Muertos, or Day of the Dead ...

But, nowadays, many other places have also joined the commemoration with parades, decorated altars and costumes ... her face painted for Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2017-(Photo by ...

An ancient tradition in Mexico and other Latin American ... 27 with a pine box derby race. On Oct. 28, Day of the Dead activities include a costume contest, coffin races and a lantern-lit twilight ...