The southern Mexican state of Oaxaca and the ... representing the character of La Catrina to commemorate the Day of the Dead, in Guadalajara, Mexico. (Photo by Ulises Ruiz, AFP via Getty Images ...

Here’s when the Day of the Dead is, how people celebrate and what to know about the upcoming holiday, which people often mistake as some sort of “Mexican Halloween.” What is the Day of the ...

Contrary to popular belief, the Day of the Dead is not the Mexican version of Halloween ... Posada made a satirical etching of La Calavera Catrina, a female skeleton with a flowery hat.

How could I simultaneously use this day — when the veil between the living and dead is at its most thin, when my Mexican ancestors might be ready to connect with me — when I was also Jewish ...