“You’re here today and gone sometimes today,” Van Der Zee told the sculptor Camille Billops, who gathered the photographs into a collection and edited this book before it was first published in 1978.

Dancers at the Day of the Dead parade.. Photo by Joseph Johnston. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily digest of news you won’t find elsewhere. They based these on family ...

Families celebrated life and remembrance with art, music, and culture at the Columbia Museum of Art. ‘That Has Never Been Tolerated in the Entire History of Our Republic’ Scientists Studied ...

Paulina Avila-Martinez applies makeup at the Día de los Muertos celebration at Garfield Square on Nov. 2, 2017. Photo by Sam-Omar Hall. Sign up below to get Mission Local’s free newsletter, a daily ...

People around the world are celebrating the Day of the Dead, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of All Saint’s Day on Nov. 1 and All Soul’s Day on Nov. 2. The holiday, ...

Families in Arocutin, Mexico, kept an all-night vigil during the Day of the Dead, covering graves with marigolds, candles, and offerings of tequila and food. The centuries-old tradition, rooted in ...