'Day of the Dead' celebrated 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.

Artist Luis Castillo poses for a photo in a costume he designed and says is a representation of death.

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.

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.

A boy visits a relative's tomb at a cemetery in El Crucero on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua3.

A boy visits a relative's tomb at a cemetery in El Crucero on the outskirts of Managua, Nicaragua3.