LANSING - For people looking for a family-friendly event centered around Day of the Dead, Casa de Rosado Galeria and Cultural Center at 204 E. Mt. Hope Ave. is offering free sugar skull making ...

If you intend to create your own vibrant home altar or ofrenda to remember departed loved ones for Day of the Dead ... a sugar skull; let your imagination and creativity run free, Rios says.

There are many traditions observed on the Day of the Dead, and the skull is known as a very important emblem of the holiday. Part of that is the calavera, or the sugar skull, which has various ...

river parade and three-day festival at La Villita. The youths’ art work will be installed with several other oversized skulls in the Catrina Kids section at La Villita Historic Arts Village.

In 1910, La Calavera Catrina, 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. Her figure was first ...

Living in San Francisco's Mission District, artist Jonathan Koshi has long been enamored with the lush imagery of the Day of the Dead festival – especially the skulls. Early every November ...

Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos ... Non-Mexicans may recognize the sugar skull aesthetic from their friends' ill-advised Halloween costumes, but many may not realize where the iconography ...

But are you familiar with the various parts of an ofrenda, the traditional altar, or the significance of sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos? The Day of the Dead is celebrated mostly in Mexico and ...

“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 ...

The Day of the Dead, also known as Dia de Muertos, is a cultural festival focusing on prayers and remembrance of friends and family members who have died. The festival is particularly celebrated ...

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 ...