Mexico has its Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, a celebration that has traveled across the Mexican-U.S. border. According to writer Carlos Miller, some Mexican-Americans still “don wooden skull masks called calacas and dance in honor of their deceased relatives.”

Mexico’s Day of the Dead has its origin in an Aztec ritual that honored the dead.

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Sugar skulls used for Mexico’s Day of the Dead

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