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Oaxaca Day of the Dead on your bucket list? Cross it off this year with insider travel tips from someone who's been to Dia de ...

Celebrating the connection between the dead and the living ... 007’s Spectre (which inspired the now-annual Day of the Dead parade in Mexico City) and Disney’s Coco. These days, Dia de ...

“Here in Oaxaca, we celebrate this festival more than Christmas, more than Mexico’s Independence Day,” Eduardo explains. “We see the dead with sadness, but also with joy.” Behind him is ...

Marla Jo Fisher, the author, has her face painted for Day of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico in 2017-(Photo by Marla Jo Fisher) The capital city of Oaxaca de Juarez is tourist central for the vibrant ...

The term “alebrije,” which doesn’t mean anything, was reportedly invented by Mexico City artist Pedro Linares in the 1930s.

But once quaint celebrations in hubs for the Day of the Dead like Mexico City, Oaxaca and Michoacan have started to brim with tourists, who snap photos of mourners. In recent years, many Mexicans ...

A sugary, citric, fluffy delight. “Pan de muerto” or “bread of the dead” is baked in Mexico every year, from early October to mid-November, amid Day of the Dead celebrations. Shaped like a ...

Not long ago, the Day of the Dead festival was a mystery to most Americans, and even some Mexicans, too. People who did know about it tended to think it was the “Mexican Halloween,” which is ...