SAN DIEGO — Inside Kerrie Rodriguez’s tiny flower shop in southeast San Diego, a vibrant Día de los Muertos altar honors the lives of strangers, many of them victims of violence and crime. The altar ...

Dia de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead, is a time for the dearly departed to come back home and visit loved ones spiritually. It is also a time for the dead to feast on their favorite foods, drink ...

A fresh flower altar is an altar for funerals created using only fresh flowers that are also said to have originated in Kyushu or Hokkaido. It is a site that gathered various works of such a flower ...

Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark ...