Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is an annual Mexican celebration where families gather to honor and celebrate their loved ones who have passed away by making ofrendas, or altars

During Día de los Muertos, they are used to symbolize the impermanent nature of life. Typically, yellow and purple pieces of papel picado are favored around the holiday to represent mourning and hope, and some believe that spirits can pass through the holes in the tissue paper as they move between the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead.

HOUSTON, Texas -- Papel picado, or punched paper, is a Mexican art form with a rich history. It is made by skillful artisans using tissue paper, a hammer, and chisels. Guadalupe Hernandez, a Houston artist, has made it his mission to preserve this tradition.

The Latinx Student Union at  Northern Michigan University is celebrating Día de los Muertos, and have constructed an ofrenda in John X. Jamrich hall to celebrate. This is the second year in a row that LSU has brought the celebration to NMU;

A YouTube rabbit hole led Blanka Amezkua to a small Mexican town and the centuries-old craft of papel picado — chiseling intricate patterns into colorful paper flags. Credit... Supported by Text by Rose Courteau Photographs and Video by Justin J Wee Art ...

In Mexico, no festival or celebration is complete without the colorful punched-paper banners known as papel picado. As Tucson gears up for its annual Cinco de Mayo celebration, bright banners of papel picado will undoubtedly decorate many locations.

Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, which happens this weekend, is celebrated in communities across the U.S. The primarily Mexican holiday is rooted in the belief that the veil between the mortal and immortal worlds thins,