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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

On display were his calaveras, the satirical skull and skeleton illustrations he made for Day of the Dead, which he printed on cheap, single-sheet newspapers known as broadsides. One specific ...

If you want to keep your look simple and easy, stick with the fundamental elements of Day of the Dead makeup. According to Bautista, those include a skull with added flowers, plus a mix of colors ...

One of the most iconic Day of the Dead symbols, La Calavera Catrina, an elegant skull, was created by satirical cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada in 1910. The illustration depicted a skeleton ...

Here are interesting facts about Day of the Dead, including its most beloved traditions, why it's celebrated over two days and the meaning of sugar skulls. The holiday has roots in ancient pre ...

During any Day of the Dead celebrations, you will plenty of different colored skulls both on display and as part of people's costumes. Each color has a different meaning. The yellow skulls ...

(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 ...

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 ...