The smell of burning incense drifts through Santa Monica Boulevard. The boom of distant parade drums begins to echo. Large groups of people with skeleton face paintings and floor-length gowns fill the ...
Our seasons follow a cycle. Right now, we’re in the season of death. The days are shorter, the air crisper, the leaves changing. In spring, food is planted and animals are born; in summer they grow, ...
What do sugar skulls, marigolds and monarch butterflies have in common? Just like pumpkins, witches and black cats are quintessential symbols of Halloween, these objects are associated with a ...
On a visit to Oaxaca for the Day of the Dead festival, T+L executive editor Flora Stubbs pays tribute to her own family history while immersing herself in Mexico’s magical traditions. Flora Stubbs is ...
Major U.S. cities host Día de los Muertos on November 1-2, featuring altars, music, food, art and dance. The Mexican tradition honoring the dead has evolved into a mainstream U.S. celebration. The ...
MEXICO CITY — José García López was sweating profusely as he stirred a cauldron of boiling oil in which dozens of potatoes were swimming, though his mind, he said, was on something else. Subscribe to ...
Altars are an important aspect of the Dia de los Muertos holiday in Mexico. Jennifer Nalewicki Light envelops the foyer inside Alfonso López Fértor’s home in Guadalajara, Mexico, filling the space ...
My family moved to Austin from Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico, when I was six. Until then, I’d grown up like all of my Mexican cousins, speaking strictly Spanish, celebrating el quince (the night before ...
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