Name: Día de Muertos Candle (Pink)
Availability: InStock

$18

These skull candles are handmade with 100% natural beeswax and hand poured to promote longer burn times by Doña Viviana's grandson, Manuel Hernández Nieto in celebration of Día de Muertos.

Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a vibrant Mexican tradition celebrated on November 1st and 2nd. It honors deceased loved ones, blending ancient indigenous customs. The holiday is joyful rather than somber, as it’s believed that the dead return to visit the living during this time.

<div>Doña Viviana created her first vela at the age of eight, using the molds her grandmother had inherited from her mother before her. Orphaned at a young age, Doña Viviana spent her entire childhood at her grandmother’s side. Melting and coloring the beeswax, pouring it into the wooden molds, cooling the molds with water, perfecting her craft. Quality was always a driving force for Doña Viviana. In the years to come, she would find herself forging her own path as both an artist and an entrepreneur.</div> <div></div> <div>After her husband fell ill, Doña Viviana raised her family in the art of candle-making, outside of the Church and beyond the borders of their village, in other parts of Oaxaca. Now her entire family handcrafts her candles.</div>