Tlalnepantla Arts: Festival de las Calaveras Synopsis on Day of the Dead origin

The Mexican “Days of the Dead” were traditionally celebrated throughout two 20-day period cycles, that correlate with the months of August and September, and referred to as Tlaxochimaco (“Offering of Flowers”) and Xocotl Huetzi (“The Falling of Ripened Fruits”) according to the Mexica day-count, based in part on the Mayan calendar. During the colonial era, […]