Dia de los Muertos Headpiece

Maria Gilbert with the City of Irving CIP demonstrates how to apply the Dia de los Muertos calavera (skull) makeup, in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. Dia de los Muertos or day of the dead is a festival that remembers the spirits of the ancestors with many time-honored traditions. One of the traditions is the famous skull or calavera makeup. In the companion piece, Maria demonstrates how to make the traditional headpiece worn with the calavera makeup.