Día de Los Muertos is special to the people who celebrate it as it allows them to remember loved ones that were close to them and that have passed away.

One of the many ways these individuals celebrate this day is to bake the deceased’s favorite foods. Common foods are tamales, pan de Muerto (bread of the dead), and varying drinks such as atole or champurrado.

Other ways to honor their memories include bringing offerings of flowers, photos, or mementos, which they place on a colorful and unique altar. These are often accompanied by traditional music and dances.

Other traditions incorporate having picnics next to the cemetery where the family member or friend rests, making sugar skulls (or Calaveras), hosting a Día de Los Muertos feast, going to a parade, or dressing up as a Catrina or Catrín (or “elegantly dressed skeletons”).

Día de Los Muertos is a tradition mainly originating from Mexico that honors and remembers the deceased, which includes families making traditional foods and setting up ofrendas, or altars. This tradition arose about 3,000 years ago, in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, where they would honor the dead through rituals.