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Day of the Dead occurs annually on November 2, following Halloween and All Soul’s Day. The holiday, which was recognized by UNESCO in its Tangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list in 2008, is an important cultural day in Mexico and is also celebrated worldwide by people of Mexican descent. While “Death” is the main theme of the day, […]
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By Francesca Lungarotti Art has long supported themes of the macabre, supernatural, death, hell and fear. Many famous artists conceptualized and illustrated the various facets of the ‘terrifying’, the ‘disturbing’, the ‘fear’ and the ‘horror’. Francisco Goya and his black figures, Edward Munch and the fear of the inexplicable that is also in oneself, William Blake’s illustrations […]
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“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower” – Albert Camus The temperatures begin to chill. The leaves crumble to the ground and trees are left bare. Still, Autumn remains a favorite time for many in the northern hemisphere. Indeed, Americans in particular chose autumn overwhelmingly as their favorite season in a 2023 survey […]
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