If you’ve ever seen an altar bursting with colorful flowers, candles and personal mementos, there’s a good chance you were looking at an ofrenda. An ofrenda is a special altar created during Día de ...

Each year, Nov. 1 marks the beginning of Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, in Mexico. The holiday is a day of remembrance for those who have died. Its origins can be traced to pre-colonial ...

Many El Pasoans who observe Dia de los Muertos, a Mexican tradition, start building an altar a few days in advance of Nov. 1-2. Nov. 1 is considered the day to remember children who have passed away ...

The famous Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos, also known as the Day of the Dead, is a celebration and honoring of departed loved ones. You’ll find traditional foods and parades but the focal point of ...

This is a guest post by Yvonne Condes, originally published in 2017. When my boys were in elementary school, I visited their classrooms every year and talked about Día de Los Muertos to celebrate our ...

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 ...