Death can feel heavy and frightening – but in Mexico it is met with color, music, and humor. Día de Muertos is a reminder that our loved ones never truly leave us, as long as we remember them.
Here you can read about the celebration of the “Day of the Dead,” which, despite its theme, is anything but gloomy.
Halloween, pumpkins, costume parties, and spookiness.
All Saints’ Day, grave candles, memories, and stillness.
Whether you prefer lighting jack-o’-lanterns, grave candles—or both—this season is a time for togetherness and reflection. Two traditions, different in tone, yet both with light as their symbol against the darkness. So why do we celebrate them so differently?
How many photos do you have of your loved ones? Just on your phone or in the cloud, there might be hundreds.
Even more tucked away in photo albums and boxes of old holiday snapshots from the days of analog cameras.
Now imagine having just one single photograph of a family member – and it being of their corpse.
In this post, we’ll explore how, during the Victorian era, people remembered their loved ones through a photograph of their dead body.
Imagine arriving at a funeral and being handed a glass of wine and a small piece of candy, beautifully wrapped with a macabre motif – that was a common tradition here in Sweden less than a hundred years ago.
Grief wears many colors. Here in Sweden, black is probably the first that comes to mind – but around the world there’s a whole palette of shades, each carrying its own meaning in the face of death. From white in Asia to purple in Brazil, every color tells a story about how people understand loss, remembrance, and hope.
