Every year that my boys were in elementary school, we would make sugar skulls for Día de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) for both of their classes. It’s a pretty simple process to make the skulls ...

Bolivians celebrated the Day of Skulls over the weekend, a colorful tradition rooted in ancient indigenous beliefs that is meant to bring good fortune and protection by honoring the dead. Known as ...

Contrary to popular belief, the Day of the Dead is not the Mexican version of ... and the ball on the top represents the skull. The lines also look like the tears that people shed when they ...

The day’s main attraction are 100 altars (ofrendas), erected along the avenues of mausoleums. Adorned with photographs, ornate decorations, sugar skulls ... Young and the Dead, that details ...