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 ...

On 1 November, Mexicans celebrate the Día de los Angelitos (Day of the Little Angels), for deceased children ... on this night the dead cross over from the underworld to visit their living ...

The Day of the Dead has been associated with rituals dedicated ... and sharing dinners with her siblings and their children. Left to right: Courtesy of Iliana Montoya, used with permission ...

sweets or other items that the children enjoyed in life. Nov. 2 is known as Día de los Muertos or Día de los Difuntos (Day of the Dead or Day of the Deceased) and is a day to commemorate adult ...

Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos ... ones are often placed on a gravestone to honor and remember the departed children.

adults and children dressed as calacas (skeletons), their skull-painted faces grinning; the glow of elaborate altars created to honor the dead; and the earthy scent of copal rising all around.