Mexican artisans are struggling to preserve the traditional manufacture of paper cut-out decorations long used in altars for the Day of the Dead. Defying increasingly popular mass-production ...

Tools used for “papel picado”, the traditional manufacture of tissue paper cut-out decorations, long used in altars for the Day of the Dead, lay on a table in a workshop in Xochimilco ...

Curious when Day of the Dead is and why it matters? Learn the meaning behind this uniquely festive Latin American tradition.

However, according to Lomnitz, by the 1800s, the Day of the Dead markets in Mexico City were also selling clothing, shoes, furniture, tools, home decor and many other things. The swell of ...

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is one of Mexico’s ... more elaborate ones are meant for decoration and often feature the name of the deceased on the forehead to honor them.