The Chico Day of the Dead Festival drew a diverse crowd of all ... “We decided, ‘Let’s do it like they do in Mexico,'” Clerici said with a smile. “Well, maybe not to that scale.” ...

Mexico’s Day of the Dead festival was recognised by UNESCO as part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity in 2008. Day of the Dead is marked annually on November 2 – this year ...

In Mexico, it seems that every day is Day of the Dead. Last year, a person unknown to Lucia handed her a map labeled with crosses. Following a hunch, she took the map up a hill near Santa Fe where ...

On 1 November many people in Mexico will be celebrating Día de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - but what's it all about? Day of the Dead is an important festival held each year in South American ...

Because of the lack of Mesoamerican influence in the northern regions of Mexico, the Day of the Dead was not celebrated throughout the country.

Mexico's Day of the Dead festival blends Catholic rituals with the pre-Hispanic belief that the dead return once a year from the underworld, and seeks to celebrate the continuity of life.

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