Like many Mexican Americans, visual artist Ruben Esquivel didn’t grow up with the Day of the Dead. The fifth-generation Austinite, raised off Springdale Road, has vague memories of his first ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexicans cleaned the bones of dead relatives and decorated their graves with flowers and candy skulls. In Haiti, voodoo practitioners circled an iron cross at a cemetery and poured ...

Deceased loved ones will continue to live in the hearts of those who remember them, but one very special holiday honors the life they led on Earth. In late October, or so the tradition says, the souls ...

Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new challenge: tourists. Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents ...

As a Mexican-American who celebrates Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, at the end of October and beginning of November, I’ve noted an increasing concern the past several years that the ...

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a Mexican holiday of remembrance and celebration for those who have passed. It is celebrated in Mexico, some parts of Latin America, as well as the United ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For many cultures across South Florida, the days after Halloween mark a special time to honor those that have passed on. Hispanic ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, which happens this weekend, is celebrated in communities across the U.S. The primarily Mexican holiday is rooted in the belief that the veil between the mortal ...

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a day for honoring and remembering those who have died. The holiday, celebrated annually on Nov. 1 and 2, is a joyful celebration, aimed at celebrating the ...

L.A. native Ofelia Esparza helped popularize the Mexican holiday Day of the Dead ritual of creating altars or ofrendas. Her towering works, as well as lesser-known ...

Dancers at the Day of the Dead parade.. Photo by Joseph Johnston. They based these on family history, their love of Mexican artists like Jose Guadalupe Posada, Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, and a ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Mexican tradition of Day of the ...