Dia de los Muertos

Men, women and children visiting a cemetery in Michoacan found solace during their Day of the Dead ceremonies. They also taught the next generation how to honor them when they're gone, and how both worlds — the living and the dead — embrace during one special night.

Norma Elia Cantú, Murchison Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University, explored the significance of the celebration and how it has changed throughout the nation.

The display looked to an era before altars and ofrendas, to Mesoamerica.

The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is hosting its annual Día de los Muertos event on Nov. 1. It celebrates the lives the historic West Side community has lost.

Día De Los Muertos at Hemisfair — formerly Muertosfest — filled downtown San Antonio this weekend with music, food and memories.

There is plenty to enjoy in and around Hemisfair in late October and early November.

A 1988 documentary will be screened at the UNAM campus at Hemisfair tonight at 7 p.m. Mexican American scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto will discuss the film with TPR's Marian Navarro and the audience.

The San Antonio Zoo is building an ofrenda where zoo attendees can honor their pet

Forged in my young mind was that Día de los Muertos is really a day for the living. It is the living who want their difuntos to know they are not forgotten, but also the living want everyone else to know what their loved ones were like in life.

Families and friends tried their best to put their pain aside to honor tradition and celebrate the lives of loved ones who have gone – and the lives that were taken by the gunman.