What are some good things about Dia de los Muertos?

By Maria Anderson. What do sugar skulls, marigolds and monarch butterflies have in common? Just like pumpkins, witches and black cats are quintessential symbols of Halloween, these objects are associated with a different holiday: Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. read more

Here are 10 things to know about Dia de los Muertos-- including some misconceptions. A Dia de los Muertos altar for Mexican singer Juan Gabriel, created by Amparo de Jesús Rincón Pérez, of the National Council for Culture and Arts in Mexico City, and officials from the Dallas Mexican Consulate, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas. read more

It's both a celebration of life and death since both are intertwined. We celebrate our memories from our beloved departed and their return to the world of the living to pay us the ones they left behind. read more

Largely celebrated in Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is also a popular holiday in Guatemala, Brazil, Spain, in large Mexican-American communities in the United States, and in High School Spanish classrooms across the globe. read more