Widely observed in Mexico, Central America, South America and Mexican-American communities, Day of the Dead is a time when ... and paper banners called papel picado (wind). Big-screen dreams ...

In Mexico, when the end of October rolled around and the sugar skulls and rainbow tissue-paper banners began ... use this day — when the veil between the living and dead is at its most thin ...

that is usually baked on the days leading up to and on the Day of the Dead (1–2 November) in Mexico. The shape of the bread represents a skull and bones. It is delicious eaten freshly made ...