XOCHIMILCO – 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 ...

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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.

But many Mexicans — who also use the decorations at other times of year ... which roughly coincides with Day of the Dead, Because it is flashier and more marketable — costumes, movies ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. XOCHIMILCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican ...