Death in New Mexico
A Celebration of Death
“To the modern Mexican, death doesn’t have any meaning. …To the inhabitant of New York, Paris or London, death is a word that is never
November 1, 2021
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“To the modern Mexican, death doesn’t have any meaning. …To the inhabitant of New York, Paris or London, death is a word that is never
The calavera has become synonymous with Mexico’s Day of the Dead tradition. The English translation of calavera means skull. In Mexico the term has come
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