Day of the Dead or Dia de los Muertos is not "Mexican Halloween." To celebrate, people make an ofrenda (altar) and eat candy ...

A Mexican-American scholar writes that in the 1700s, Day of the Dead generated the largest annual market in Mexico City.

“The Aztecs and other Nahua people living in what is now central Mexico held a cyclical view ... Many cultures around the world celebrate All Souls' Day on the same day, which is very similar ...

If you want to learn more about this Mexican holiday, there is no better way place to do so than in Mexico itself.

The Pre-Columbian Art Museum in Benalmadena Pueblo is preparing for one of its most anticipated activities of the ...

Moab Republic/Shutterstock Although images of skeletons, skulls, and coffins dominate the decorations for both Halloween and ...

It may sound like a solemn affair, but the Day of the Dead – which blends indigenous and Catholic ritual – is a convivial ...

All Souls' Day together with Halloween (All Saints' Eve) and All Saints' Day formerly made up a triduum devoted on the remembrance of the dead (Allhallowtide). that climbing it is hardest at the start ...

In an old cemetery here where America buries its war dead, one grave site stands out among rows and rows of gray tombstones ...

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ Office for Divine Worship has published guidelines to make clear which days of obligation ...

The Day of the Dead is celebrated on November 1 and 2, but events to kick off the colorful cultural event are already set to ...