Day of the Dead

The Mexican holiday that celebrates death with flowers, food, and the belief that the dead come home.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on November 2 is a Mexican and Mexican-American holiday that blends pre-Columbian Aztec traditions of honoring the dead with the Catholic observance of All Souls Day. Families build ofrendas (altars) decorated with marigolds, candles, photographs, and the favorit