These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show how communities in Mexico and beyond mark Día de los Muertos.

By the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor, and ...

Day of the Dead is a tradition that honors our past loved ones. Around this time of the month, from Oct. 20 until the end of the month, families begin decorating their homes with lots of marigolds ...

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is here, and there are a number of ways to celebrate it in the Salt Lake Valley. The ...

LANSING - For people looking for a family-friendly event centered around Day of the Dead, Casa de Rosado Galeria ... a sugar skull decorating contest with prizes, and Mexican folkloric dancing.

Like many Mexican Americans, visual artist Ruben Esquivel didn’t grow up with the Day of the Dead.  The ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead ... cleaning and decorating the tombs and gathering at the graveside to eat, play music, and speak of and to the dead. To show the dead that they have ...

As October arrives, the search for the perfect Christmas costume begins. This year’s top choices might surprise you.

Hiking is not a traditional Halloween activity, but it should be. What a time to experience the forest: the way that melting ...

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a day for honoring and remembering ... The two-day celebration is filled with bright, colorful decorations, traditional foods and most of all ...

Across the world, people are celebrating Halloween today (October 31) by dressing up and going trick or treating. The ...

Noche de Museo will bring the community together with Aztecan dance, genre-melding Latin rock and a hefty dose of traditional ...