The bright petals of cempasúchil. The candles that illuminate photographs of loved ones who have passed on. And the warmth that comes with eating delicious tamales. At home and in community spaces, ...

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 ...

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican tradition that dates back around 3,000 years, with roots in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican cultures such as the Olmec and Aztec. It is one of the most famous and widely ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a tradition first practiced thousands of years ago by indigenous peoples such as the Aztecs and the Toltecs. They didn’t consider death the end of one’s ...