Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever seen an altar bursting with colorful flowers, candles and personal mementos, there’s a good chance you were looking ...

Francisco Soto first started making altars or "ofrendas" when he was a child with his mother. “We used to set up an altar for my siblings that passed away — a pair of twins,” Soto said. His mother ...

Ernesto Ochoa remembers creating elaborate ofrendas for Day of the Dead, a national holiday in Mexico, and the large celebrations in his home state of Michoacan. He’s carried that tradition to his ...

Día de los Muertos is, for some, one of the most sacred times of the year. With roots in pre-Columbian Mexico, Día de los Muertos is celebrated by Mexican, Mexican-American, and Latinx communities to ...

Adrian Viajero Román, Dia de Muertos Ofrenda (2018) (all images courtesy Green-Wood Cemetery, all photos by Shannon Taggart) Last weekend, Green-Wood Cemetery in Sunset Park, Brooklyn hosted a Día de ...

Source: Dia De Los Muertos Skull by Jacobg License: Creative Commons 3 Making an Ofrenda (Altar) To be done for Day of the Dead or Halloween PhD, MPH Copyright 2015 ...

Día de los Muertos, celebrated across Latin America and the U.S., is said to commemorate when the souls of those who have passed return to the world of the living for brief moment. San Antonians ...

Students representing Aurora University’s Latin American Student Organization (LASO) met Tuesday morning in the Phillips Library on campus to honor the upcoming Dia de los Muertos – the Day of the ...

South Bend and Elkhart County are hosting community events to celebrate the Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos. Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a tradition to remember and honor ...

An ofrenda is an altar created for Día de Muertos to honor and remember loved ones who have passed away. Common items on an ofrenda include photos, candles, marigolds, food, and personal belongings of ...