colorful dia de los muertos altar adorned with marigolds and offerings

dia muertos day dead mexico celebration altar ofrenda marigolds sugar skulls traditions mexican culture remembrance spirits ancestors family community cemetery gravestones offerings candlelight festive folklore music dancing parades calavera catrina papel picado skeletons masks face painting celebratory cultural heritage aztec pre-hispanic november saints' day souls' religious beliefs indigenous vibrant colorful honoring tradition folk art festival memory commemoration altar decoration