Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is often confused as the Mexican Halloween because of its use of skeletons and when the holiday is celebrated: Nov. 1 to Nov. 2 It's actually an Aztec ...

El Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a day of celebration that began in Mexico and Central America and eventually made its way to the U.S. as well. “The tradition of the Day of the ...

cut the dead body up inside the mother and removed it in pieces,” a grisly procedure that nevertheless “saved the mother from death.” The Aztec believed babies who died during labor traveled ...