Day of the Dead

While kids take to the streets Tuesday night in hopes of filling bags and plastic pumpkins with Halloween candy and treats, another spooky-adjacent holiday ...

The origins of Day of the Dead trace back a few hundred years to an Aztec festival that honored their goddess of the dead, Mictecacihuatl. The Aztec party ...

Mexicans are celebrating Day of the Dead, an intangible tradition borne down from pre-Hispanic cultures that is also a celebration for all the senses.

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a Mexican holiday with a rich history of honoring ancestors. How to enjoy its traditions with respect.

Costumes, parades and remembering loved ones, an honorary celebration.

What is Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead? The Mexican holiday that honors the dead. The two-day event celebrates the life, not death of those we have lost ...

OGDEN — For the first time in Northern Utah, the Day of the Dead will be celebrated in a cemetery. Hosted by Myers Mortuary, the celebration will be held ...

The Mexican holiday to honor the departed with ofrendas, altars and other activities begins on Wednesday and will continue throughout the week.

NEW YORK (PIX11) – The Mexican consulate partners with The Flatiron Nomad Partnership to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Wednesday.

Together, two smells show dead souls the way out of the underworld: cempasúchil — a type of marigold whose name means “flower of 20 petals in Náhuatl language” ...

Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in Mexico with origins that go back thousands of years.

Día de los Muertos, a two-day celebration remembering the dead, begins Wednesday, with festivities honoring the tradition across the state.

On November 1st, people in Mexico observe Día de Los Muertos, which is translated as the Day of the Dead.

It's often confused as Mexican Halloween - but it's very different. It's a two-day event celebrating life rather than death. It's believed—these two days ...

While some older Mexicans remember hearing only the murmur of prayers characterizing the Day of the Dead, today mariachi music can be heard over the decorated ...

In Mexican tradition All Soul's Day became Día de los Muertos and the traditions that sprang up around it were a mix of Catholic and pagan. Most notable is the ...

The Day of the Dead in Mexico smells like cempasuchil flowers and copal incense.

On Dia de los Muertos, the streets of Oaxaca come alive with celebrations, as Mexico sees a spike in holiday tourism.

Gary, Texas (KLTV) - ...

Martínez and others in southern Mexico's Oaxaca state wait with anticipation for Day of the Dead celebrations every Nov. 1, when families place homemade altars ...

The Mexican tradition honors the deceased and is based on the belief that their souls temporarily return to the world of the living to visit family members.

Elise Schuler, ...

Movies like "Coco" and Day of the Dead rituals invite children and adults to approach death not with sadness or fear but as a tribute to life itself, ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) ...

Día de los Muertos, known in English as Day of the Dead, is a time-honored tradition in Mexico with origins that go back thousands of years.

The celebration takes place Wednesday, November 1st from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Luther Student Center on Lake Land's Campus located at 5001 Lake Land Blvd. in ...

Mathew Sandoval's research about Día de los Muertos is more than an academic exercise. “As a Chicano who makes Día de los Muertos altars for my ancestors, ...

The Day of the Dead is a holiday in Mexico dedicated to remembering those who have passed on. Here is how people are celebrating their loved ones.

Everyone is invited to enjoy traditional Hispanic dishes as well as a performance from Ballet Folklorico Celestial. By Brittany Coker, Aggie Dining October 31, ...

The holiday is celebrated though ritual observations like constructing altars, or ofrendas, filled with offerings to the dead and decorating family ...

Dia de los Muertos, or "Day of the Dead," is a traditional Mexican holiday that honors deceased loved ones with ofrenda alters.

Together, two smells show dead souls the way out of the underworld: cempasuchil — a type of marigold whose name means “flower of 20 petals” in Nahuatl language ...