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Lucia Ortiz trudges through endless fields of cempasuchil flowers, the luminescent orange petals of which will soon cloak ...

A farm near Los Angeles was lit up with bright orange and yellow marigolds as people flocked there to pick up bunches of the flowers ahead of traditional Mexican Day of the Dead celebrations on ...

During Día de los Muertos, they are used to symbolize the impermanent nature of life. Typically, yellow and purple pieces of ...