Día de los Muertos is not a continuation of Halloween or a Mexican version of the holiday, though the two share some ...

As Day of the Dead is just two days long ... However, don’t confuse it with the Day of Holy Innocents Mexican holiday, which ...

These dogs were believed to guide ancestral spirits to their final resting place into the afterlife.

During the week of Oct. 29, most students in the Prior Lake-Savage Area School District celebrated one holiday: Halloween. However, the students in Maria Lecceardone-Brown’s Spanish classes ...

None of this, however, stopped Halloween from always being my favorite holiday ... the Day of the Dead originates in pre-colonial Indigenous rituals and continues on in Catholic Mexico, the ...

With films like The Book of Life and Disney’s Coco, themes around Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) have been brought into the spotlight in recent years. A national holiday in Mexico ...

that is usually baked on the days leading up to and on the Day of the Dead (1–2 November) in Mexico. The shape of the bread represents a skull and bones. It is delicious eaten freshly made ...

The inside story of a cartel’s deadly assault on a Mexican town near the Texas ... For this stricken community, the Day of the Dead holiday, when Mexicans honor their ancestors, has taken ...

This day represents solidarity, perseverance, liberation, freedom, and joy for Mexican people. Many countries around the world have an independence day holiday and some even celebrate more than one – ...

Coco is earning praise from Mexican American audiences for its portrayal of Mexican culture and the holiday, Day of the Dead. The Disney-Pixar animated production hauled in an estimated US$72.9 ...