How Marigolds Became the Ceremonial Day of the Dead Flower in Mexico

Native to Mexico, the cempasúchil, or marigold, is recognized as the ceremonial Day of the Dead flower—and is used to guide ...

Families gather across Mexico for Day of the Dead

Families in a small town in western Mexico kept an all-night vigil at a candlelit cemetery, waiting for the souls of their ...
Al Jazeera on MSN

Five things you should know about Mexico’s Day of the Dead

The Day of the Dead – El Día de los Muertos – in Spanish is a Mexican celebration of deceased ancestors. Multi-coloured ...
The Associated Press

This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk

Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak ...

Sheinbaum rules out changes in security strategy after the assassination of mayor in western Mexico

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has ruled out changes to her administration's security policies after the assassination ...

Frumpy Mom: When it’s Day of the Dead down south

I just got back from Puerto Vallarta, which means I spent five days in Mexico visiting our hotel bathroom all alone, ...

Cabaret and memories: Madrid honours Mexico's Day of the Dead with city-wide altars

The Casa de México in Madrid is exhibiting the largest altar to the dead in Europe. Guillermo González is the designer of ...
Opinion

Mexico’s Day of the Dead Needs a New Life

Over the course of Mexico’s history, Día de los Muertos has provided an intimate space of encounter between the living and the dead at home and at grave altars. Families prepare lavish offerings of ...