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Cempasuchil marigold harvest ahead of Day of the Dead festivities, in Union Zapata

World Oct 30

This orange flower cloaks Mexico during Day of the Dead. Climate change is putting it at risk

By Megan Janetsky, Claudia Rosel, Associated Press

Arts Oct 29

A woman with her face painted as a skull attends the start of the "Las Catrinas" festival, ahead of the Day of the Dead in Cupula on the outskirts of Morelia , October 26, 2014. La Catrina is a popular figure in Mexico known as "The Elegant Skull". The annual Day of the Dead is observed on November 1 and 2. Photo by Alan Ortega/REUTERS
How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol for the Day of the Dead

She’s the icon of Day of the Dead, with her visage endlessly reproduced during the holiday. While some people might presume it’s always been this way, La Catrina is actually a transcultural icon whose prestige and popularity are equal parts invention…

By Mathew Sandoval, The Conversation

Poetry Nov 02

These wicked Day of the Dead poems don’t spare anyone

A proposed border wall between the U.S. and Mexico is the product of “the underworld” in one calavera literaria written for the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos.

By Lora Strum, Patty Gorena Morales

Nation Oct 30

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James Bond inspires Dia de los Muertos parade in Mexico City

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