Sweet Skull

On Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), families in Mexico and other parts of Latin America honor their departed members with private altars decorated with flowers, favorite foods, gifts, and decorations. Sugar skulls embellished with colored icing, beads, feathers, and dazzling trinkets are set out to represent those who have passed on. These sweet, festive figurines are meant to be displayed rather than consumed-they’re much too pretty to eat.