While the quiet remembrance might be over, the Day of the Dead marigolds that dot Oaxaca continue on for weeks.

With colorful twirling skirts and sugar skull makeup, ballet folklorico dancers had a special audience on Saturday evening.

On0, Malta Montessori students in grades one through three embraced a hands-on tradition by crafting calaveras de azúcar, or ...

Day of the Dead, or Dia De Los Muertos, is an annual holiday that honors the memory and life of deceased loved ones on Nov. 1 ...

Sugar skulls, he said, were in large part popularized by an East Los Angeles art collective during the same time. After all, the Day of the Dead is a collective day ... and Mexican American community.

If you aren't already familiar with it, you've probably seen it celebrated most commonly in the painted "sugar skull" faces ...

Sugar skulls, he said, were in large part popularized by an East Los Angeles art collective during the same time. After all, the Day of the Dead is a ... (Our Lady of Guadalupe Church was ...

Sugar skulls and marigold flowers are essential parts of a Día ... a festival rooted in Aztec beliefs and tied to the goddess Mictecacihuatl, also known as the “Lady of the Dead.” Ofrendas are ...

Despite its name, Dia de los Muertos, aka Day of the Dead, is not about grief, but joy. Learn more about the holiday ...

This elegant skeletal lady, who everyone paints ... associated with Day of the Dead, though there are others like mole negro ...