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Day of the Dead

Mexico´s Day of the Dead: an Endless Dance of Life and Death

by Barbora Zelenková on October 31, 2018

  In the West death is generally perceived as the end of life and existence and so it promotes feelings of fear and anxiety. Anything connected to death is taboo and pushed to the edge of society as the antithesis … Read More

Day of the Dead, Día de Muertos, Mesoamerica, Mexico
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