These dogs were believed to guide ancestral spirits to their final resting place into the afterlife.

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We hope and pray they'll repeat last year's riveting puppet epic "Funny Bunny's Day of the Dead Holiday Adventure," staged by Great Arizona Puppet Theater. Even the vendors here are kid-oriented ...

With films like The Book of Life and Disney’s Coco, themes around Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) have been brought into the spotlight in recent years. A national holiday in Mexico ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday that honors the legacy of the American civil rights icon, is this month. Here's what you should know.

For this stricken community, the Day of the Dead holiday, when Mexicans honor their ancestors, has taken on extra poignancy.

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The Civil Rights icon, whose work to end segregation and racism through nonviolence earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964, is the only non-president with a federal holiday named in his honor. Every ...