Oakland Ballet dancers perform an excerpt of Luna Mexicana, a Day of the Dead theme ballet for K-2 students at Yu Ming Charter School in San Leandro, Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023.

Wheeling High School Students marked the "Day of the Dead" or Dia de los Muertos, by building an ofrenda that fills the school's front foyer. The collaborative effort is put on by about 200 ...

Day of the Dead, also known as the Dia de los Muertos, is often mistakenly called the "Mexican Halloween" because of the year it's celebrated and its use of skeletons.