Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

The origins of Día de los Muertos date back thousands of years, to the Aztec festivals celebrating the Lady of the Dead, the goddess Mictecacihuatl. Instead of fearing death, these festivals ...

People rehearse their makeup for the upcoming festival of Dia de los Muertos at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California on October 24, 2014. The Mexican festival celebrated on ...

Main Street Canoga Park’s Día de los Muertos Family Festival: The 19th annual event includes arts and crafts vendors, Aztec dancers, car show, chalk art, children’s activities, live music and ...

SAN JOSE — Aztec and Native American dancers in blazing, feathery regalia ushered in the Year of Two Rabbit with thousands of spectators at a city park under festival perfect skies this weekend.

Dia de los Muertos is believed to originate in Aztec festivals that marked the time when, people thought, the dead returned temporarily to Earth. Similar festivals have been celebrated for up to ...

Aztec energy flows through S.F. folk dancer By Julian Guthrie , Chronicle Staff Writer Jan 22, 2012 Eleven year old Xochiquetzalli Pena, seen on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif ...

Pleasant autumn weather graced the Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Festival at Riverside Park as the annual event, which began in 2011, drew more 1,100 festival goers over the Oct. 1 weekend. The ...

Paul Guinan, David Hahn, and Anina Bennett are upending these narratives with a compelling new retelling of the events surrounding the fall of the empire in a digital graphic novel named Aztec Empire.

Main Street Canoga Park’s Día de los Muertos Family Festival: The 19th annual event includes arts and crafts vendors, Aztec dancers, car show, chalk art, children’s activities, live music and ...