'Day of the Dead' in Latin America

Latin Americans around the region honored their departed loved ones with Day of the Dead celebrations, blending pre-Columbian rituals with the Roman Catholic observance of all Saint's Day on November 1 and All Soul's Day on November 2. In this photo, people decorate the graves of departed loved ones with bright orange marigolds and candles during Day of the Dead celebrations in Xoxocotlan, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Artist Luis Castillo poses for a photo in a costume he designed and says is a representation of death in this October 30, 2013 photo.

A family painted up as 'calaveras' or skull faces pose for a photo during a Zombie Walk in Sao Paulo, Brazil on November 2, 2013. Participants commemorated the Day of the Dead with the annual Zombie Walk.

Evelin Huaycho, dressed as a "cholita" zombie, poses for a photo before her performance in the House of Terror, during a Halloween night event in El Alto, Bolivia on October 30, 2013.

A pig's head, sporting a pair of sunglasses, is used to promote a makeshift restaurant near the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, as part of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Lima, Peru on November 1, 2013.

A boy visits a relative's tomb at a cemetery in El Crucero on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua on November 2, 2013.

In this November 1, 2013 photo, candles illuminate gravesites in the San Gregorio cemetery during the Day of the Dead holiday on the outskirts of Mexico City.