Nobody does Halloween better than Mexico. Dia de los Muertos sprang up as a combination of the Catholic All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day with Aztec traditions that make light of death while celebrating the lives of fallen loved ones. The celebration, which spans the first two days of November, involves assembling shrines (or ofrendas) full of pictures of the departed along with some of their favorite things in life, such as candy or flowers. An arrangement of marigolds and sugar skulls, called calaveras or calaveritos, completes the picture.... Read more
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