Towards the end of October and beginning of November, Mexico is awash with the vibrant colors of papel picado and lit by candlelight to welcome a more than 3,000-year-old celebration: Day of the Dead.

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a vibrant Mexican celebration that honors and remembers departed loved ones. This centuries-old tradition combines indigenous beliefs with Catholic ...

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NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, September 29, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On Sunday, November 2, Mexico City’s iconic Paseo de la Reforma will transform into a river of ...

Oaxaca is a state in southern Mexico known for its rich indigenous culture, traditions and food. It is also one of the most popular places to experience the Day of the Dead because of its celebrations ...

MEXICO CITY — Lucia Ortíz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, ...

Wishing to experience the vibrant Day of the Dead tradition in Mexico, but a trip to Oaxaca or Michoacan is not an option right now? That’s no problem. There's a ‘pueblo mágico’ (magic town) in Mexico ...

Mexican-American author Luisa Navarro takes readers behind the scenes of a well-known, if often misunderstood, holiday in Mexico’s Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life Through Stories and Photos.

This weekend, Mexican American families across the U.S. will gather to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead. In recent years, the ...

A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said. Local politicians in Mexico are ...

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, in the winding ...