Smithsonian Celebrates Día de los Muertos Online

Smithsonian Celebrates Día de los Muertos Online

Mary Mata October 29, 2013

By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum One of the things I have realized working in social media is that social media is an incredibly powerful tool to promote many events and […]

Death is a Party: El Día de Muertos

Mary Mata October 23, 2013

By Brenda Storch, La Vitamina T “The Mexican is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, and celebrates it. It is one of his favorite playthings […]

Smithsonian Looking for Dia De Los Muertos Tattoos

Mary Mata October 3, 2013

By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Dia de Los Muertos will be here sooner than you might think! Unlike Halloween that really is more about the tricks and the treats, Dia […]

Disney Files for “Dia de los Muertos” Trademark?

Mary Mata May 7, 2013

By Latino Rebels An interesting story out of Disney. According to a blog that covers all things Disney, the company has formally filed a federal trademark to copyright “Día de […]

Posada: Artist Behind Day Of The Dead Images

NewsTaco November 2, 2012

By Roque Plans, Huffingtopn Post Latino Voices The Day of the Dead is a great day to remember one of the great artists who most heavily influenced the way Mexico […]

Is El Día de los Muertos Now Sponsored by José Cuervo?

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By Latino Rebels Looks like the corporate push to make El Día de los Muertos (The Day of the Dead) into autumn’s version of Cinco de Mayo has arrived, and […]

Playing With Your Food for Fun on Dia de Los Muertos

NewsTaco November 1, 2012

By Ono Misterbill, Pocho Ñews Service Someone — maybe you — will watch this weird stop motion animation Dias De Los Muertos by Scott Renk and say, “Some people have too much time on their […]

The selling of Día de los Muertos in Los Angeles

NewsTaco October 31, 2012

By Tony Castro, Voxxi Leave it to America to merchandize Mexico’s traditional Day of the Dead, but nowhere is the selling of Día de los Muertos bigger than in Los […]

A Time To Welcome the Spirits

Mary Mata October 26, 2012

By Miguel Perez, HiddenHispanicHeritage During the next few days in Hispanic homes throughout this country, there will be people invoking the spirits — asking dead relatives to come back into […]

Dia de Los Muertos Vs.Halloween

Mary Mata October 24, 2012

By Maria Chaidez, Our Tiempo It was only a few years ago that I became vaguely acquainted with one of Mexico’s most acclaimed yet obscure cultural traditions-The Day of the […]