Día de Muertos is a Mexican festivity in which people honor their deceased by visiting the cemetery or setting altars (a.k.a. ofrendas) The altars or offerings are created in honor of the dead of the family. It is a way to honor, receive, and remember loved ones who are no longer with us. This celebration begins during the night of October Día de Los Muertos is a time of spectacular costumes, parades, and biting poetry. The skull theme permeates much of the Day of the Dead symbolism, from costumes to a poetic style. Calavera means skull in Spanish, and in the late 1700s to the early 1800s, calaveras became a literary style of short, funny, and sarcastic poems. The holiday is celebrated on the same dates as Dia de los Muertos and the two traditions share a lot of similarities, but there are also distinctive differences. (Culture, traditions and cuisine in the Yucatan are distinctly different to those in other parts of Mexico - so much so that people often joke that the area is like a different Day of the dead, dia de los muertos Credit: Getty Images In fact, many Day of the Dead traditions dates back to the indigenous people of Mexico, including the practice of ofrendas for members of The celebration of Dia de los Muertos has deep historical roots in Indigenous Mexican cultures, dating back over 3,000 years. The exact origins are challenging to pinpoint due to the lack of Unidentified, Luis C. González, Tenth Annual Día de los Muertos Celebration, 1980, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, 1995.50.52 As Posada was making his images in Mexico in the mid-late 1800s, we can trace the custom of Mexican immigrants bringing their Day of the Dead rituals with them to the U.S. back to the 1890s. A $75 Barbie Día de los Muertos doll with blue-black braids, a black mermaid dress, and the skull makeup and marigolds associated with the tradition debuted in September and promptly sold out Coco: Directed by Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina. With Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach. Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer. Portland, OR ». 49°. Día de los Muertos is a traditional fiesta in honor of the deceased that is celebrated in Mexico and other parts of Latin America on Nov. 1 and 2. Comme le veut la tradition, les enfants sont célébrés le premier jour du mois de novembre, suivis des adultes le second. C'est avant tout la mémoire et le souvenir qui sont au cœur des LiG9.