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Days Of The Dead makes the year festive with a selection of remarkable Mexican folk art celebrating the "Cult of the Dead" (traditionally observed from October 31 to November 2, the Catholic feast of All Souls). This calendar features works from the unparalleled collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas. Lively folk art, from sculpture and painting to papier-mache, illustrates the colorful melange of ritual and rejoicing that characterizes this widely observed tradition. A year-round tribute to a unique tradition that celebrates this life with an exuberant reverence.