marzipan, candied vegetables, etc.) is the Alfeñique fair in Toluca, which is near Mexico City. Some calaveras are produced to be edible. Most are cast...

honey and almond oil, stretched to create a viscous paste. Alfeñique figures, especially calaveras (known in the US as Sugar Skulls), are widely created in...

Traditions connected with the holiday include honoring the deceased using calaveras and marigold flowers known as cempazúchitl, building home altars called...

during these dates a tianguis is set up dedicated to the sale of calavera de alfeñique, pan de muerto, papel picado, fruit, candles, copal and incense, among...