La Costeña is a famous Mexican canned food brand name, popular enough that you can find a can in any supermarket in the United States. You can also find empty cans of it, serving as flower vases, in
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It's October 1, one month before El Día de Muertos, so it's officially OK to start getting into full Day of the Dead mode. And we'll do so with these photos from 22 Mexican cemeteries that I've...
Cemeteries are not so much for the dead as for the living. Nowhere else could this be better illustrated than in Mexico, where the nation devotes three days and nights during the Day of the Dead to partying with family in the local panteón with the spirits of their...
I had, as always, a blast photographing last month's Day of the Dead celebrations. It can take a lot of effort to energize yourself to spend two days walking for hours on end, taking the bus from town to town, staying up until past midnight...
The Day of the Dead is a misnomer. It doesn't last just a day, but three. November 2 is the main celebration, but the day before is known as Children's Day or Day of the...
The Day of the Dead altar is at once mysterious and visually legible, a cultural touchstone whose multi-layered symbology can be decoded by a knowledgeable observer.The holiday's indigenous, millennia-old origin has been transformed and molded by centuries of...
