Towards the end of October and beginning of November, Mexico is awash with the vibrant colors of papel picado and lit by candlelight to welcome a more than 3,000-year-old celebration: Day of the Dead.

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a vibrant Mexican celebration that honors and remembers departed loved ones. This centuries-old tradition combines indigenous beliefs with Catholic ...

Oaxaca is a state in southern Mexico known for its rich indigenous culture, traditions and food. It is also one of the most popular places to experience the Day of the Dead because of its celebrations ...

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Día ...

MEXICO CITY — Lucia Ortíz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, ...

This weekend, Mexican American families across the U.S. will gather to honor their ancestors with altars, marigolds and sugar skulls on Dia de los Muertos — the Day of the Dead. In recent years, the ...

As a Mexican-American who celebrates Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, at the end of October and beginning of November, I’ve noted an increasing concern the past several years that the ...

Lucia Ortíz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak everything from city streets to cemeteries across Mexico. Here, in the winding ...