A Dia de los Muertos altar without sugar skulls is like a Charms Blow Pop without the bubble gum inside. It's a must-have. Sure, you can be lazy and go buy pre-decorated skulls, but if really want ...

“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 ...

Here’s how the Day of the Dead is celebrated across the world, who celebrates and the meaning behind the sugar skull. Day of the Dead is observed on All Souls’ Day, which has been celebrated ...

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 ...

A three-week celebration of Mexican culture honoring the tradition of the Day of the Dead began Saturday as Aurora’s downtown was transformed into Sugar Skull City. “This is the first time we ...

This style of imagery is now called sugar skulls and has become the most familiar symbol of the Day of the Dead, popularising the skull motif still further. Today, people paint their faces as ...

(Here's how marigolds became iconic symbols of the Day of the Dead.) 4. ...and so are literary calaveras... Calavera means “skull.” But during the late 18th and early 19th centuries ...

Image The Xico cemetery in 2020 during Day of the Dead celebrations in Valle de Chalco, Mexico.Credit...Cristopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images Altars also often feature small skulls made of sugar ...