Dia de los Muertos (thing) by dogboy

An addition to node by bozon.

Dia de los Muertos is indeed a Mexican holiday. Whether it is the most important holiday is a point of debate.

Dia de los Muertos is largely a holiday celebrated in central Mexico and south. In northern Mexico, the holiday is largely ignored.

A possibly more important holiday is the celebration of the Virgen de Guadalupe, the patron saint of Mexico. The date for this is December 12th.

For an impressive list of Mexican holidays, see

http://www.eden.com/~tomzap/holiday.html

Day of the Dead	Pan de Muertos	Chocolate de Mexicanos	Samhain
When you're dead, you're dead	Mexican hot chocolate	All Souls Day	impossible birds
Ofrenda	provecho	Mesilla, New Mexico	I can make you howl. And vice versa. Let's get down to business.
Roses are the flowers of the dead	memento mori	Calavera	Che Guevara
La Calavera Catrina	Cantinflas	broad bean	Andalucía
Quetzal	Halloween	Growing Up Dead	Where the Ghosts Go