Day of the Dead Assignment: Suggested Web Resources

A lengthy academic article, courtesy of La Universidad Veracruzana; explores the significance of the holiday and altars in Mexican culture ...

Festival page, as provided by Aguascalientes, Mexico ...

The National Museum of Death (MUMU) aims to show the iconography of death and funerary art in the historical development of Mexico through a renewed and festive personality, but with a reminder of the traditional and colorful manifestations of death ...

A virtual tour of the holiday, complete w/ an interactive alter ...

Multimedia site; provides images, an overview, questions, and key concepts ...

Sugar skull site; provides background on the holiday, as well as a variety of skull recipes ...