This week, houses and streets in Mexico have been decorated with colourful altars, marigold flowers, candles and sugar skulls. This is because Mexicans are gearing up to celebrate El Dia de los ...

Towards the end of October and beginning of November, Mexico is awash with the vibrant colors of papel picado and lit by candlelight to welcome a more than 3,000-year-old celebration: Day of the Dead.

This year’s Día de Muertos festivities across Mayakoba resorts feature oversized parades, vibrant parties, culinary encounters, and family-friendly activities celebrating Mexico’s most iconic holiday.

Mexican-American author Luisa Navarro takes readers behind the scenes of a well-known, if often misunderstood, holiday in Mexico’s Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life Through Stories and Photos.

The route from the land of the dead to San Andrés Mixquic, a little town just outside Mexico City, is lined with marigolds. Ángel Jiménez del Aguila, who died in 2010, need only follow the trail of ...

It would seem that there is nothing that wandering spirits like so much as sugar combined with raucous activity. For instance, here in the United States, kids celebrate Halloween by dressing up as ...

Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents clean their relatives’ bones. Now they are grappling with a new challenge: tourists. Pomuch, Mexico, is one of the last places where residents ...

In Mexico, Day of the Dead is celebrated every year on Nov. 1 and 2. While it may sound scary, the celebration is actually a joyful celebration and remembrance of loved ones who have passed away.

Editor’s note: “Behind the News” is the product of Sun staff assisted by the Sun’s AI lab, which includes a variety of tools such as Anthropic’s Claude, Perplexity AI, Google Gemini and ChatGPT. Día ...