In the last few years, around Halloween time you’ll see them, people making their faces up to look like colorful skull characters straight out of a Disney movie.

But do you know what your face makeup means? Is it part of a holiday as creepy and morbid as some people would make it out to be, or is there more to the story? This is the season of Dia de Muertos in Mexico, which in English we know as the day of the Dead…

Friends, welcome to the Mysteries of Latin America Podcast. My name is Andrew Colón and in this very special edition of the Podcast, we’ll talk about what the Day of the Dead holiday is, it’s roots AND EVOLUTION, how it’s celebrated today in different regions of Mexico and different parts of the world, and just WHO those colorful skeleton characters are and where they come from...

Let’s raise some awareness and bury some myths, and tell the story of Dia de Muertos….the Mexican Day of the Dead….