The Day of the Dead’s ancient traditions live on in this small Mexican town

The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Angel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of ...

Marshall art museum keeping Day of the Dead tradition alive

T YLER, Texas (KLTV) - The Day of the Dead has been a Latin American tradition that’s 3,000 years old. It is a time when ...

Hundreds attend Round Lake Beach’s Day of the Dead event: ‘We gather to celebrate our shared heritage’

Day of the Dead is a tradition in Mexico and across the world in early November to honor the memory and contributions of the departed.

For Day of the Dead, One Mexican Town Digs Up Its Dead

Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new challenge: tourists.
Sun Sentinel

Fort Lauderdale’s famed Day of the Dead set to return without charismatic creator Jim Hammond

Fort Lauderdale’s nationally ranked Day of the Dead celebration will return in November — but for the first time without its lively creator, pied piper of puppets Jim Hammond, leading the way. The ...
Mankato Free Press

Day of the Dead organizers reach out for financial help

MANKATO — Justin Ek doesn’t shy away from having a public presence, especially when it involves supporting the art he loves. That made his Wednesday Facebook announcement more difficult. “I apologize ...
Decatur Daily

EDITORIAL: Threat of ICE buries Decatur's Day of the Dead

Raids carried out by Immigration and Customs agents wearing masks and no identification have even legal immigrants and U.S. citizens on edge, leading to the cancellation of of Decatur's annual Dia ...