Gael Garcia Bernal & Camilo Lara Join Growing List of Latinos Working on Pixar’s Dia de Muertos Film
Gael Garcia Bernal & Camilo Lara Join Growing List of Latinos Working on Pixar’s Dia de Muertos Film
*The movie opens in theaters in November of 2017. VL By Andrew S. Vargas, Remezcla (3 minute read) It’s been over a year since we last reported on the tortured saga […]
10 things to know and misconceptions about Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead
*One of the things not on the list is that in Mexico, where the celebration originated, the word “los” is not in the name, it’s simply Dia de Muertos. Here […]
Dear White People/Queridos Gringos: You Want Our Culture But You Don’t Want Us – Stop Colonizing The Day Of The Dead
*I’m not going to overload this space with posts about the cultural appropriation surrounding Día de Muertos. If you read NewsTaco you’ll understand why we only need to post one. […]
Death is a Party: El Día de Muertos
*Beautiful. Death is a verb, death is a she, death is life. VL By Brenda Storch, La Vitamina T “The Mexican is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, […]
Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween
*I know you know this. I’m posting it so that you can share it with your misinformed friends and family. It’s not “Mexican Halloween.” VL By Daniel Cubias, Huffingon Post […]
Día de los Muertos Is Not Halloween
*I know, posting this here is a lot like preaching to the choir. But I do it so you can share this with folks who may not know the difference. […]
Day of the Dead growing in popularity in non-Latino community
*I’m not sure this is a good thing, at least not as it’s depicted in this article. Lucha Libre and a taco eating contest? I understand that culture is hybridized […]
Recipe: Pan de Muerto
*Here it is! From our friends at La Vitamina T. You’ve got a week or so to make it and perfect it. VL By Chef Aldo Saaverdra, La Vitamina T […]
We’re Slowly Making a Mockery of Day of the Dead …
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco My favorite place on Día de los Muertos is San Fernando Cemetery, in San Antonio, Texas. I find time to steal away, and I visit my […]
Day of the Dead Fact Sheet (… to set the record straight)
By Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a festival celebrated on November 2nd by people in Mexico, parts of Central and South America, and increasingly throughout […]
