Christa Lei, a community care facilitator and death doula, started building an ancestor altar during the COVID-19 pandemic, basing some elements on altars their Filipino immigrant parents kept ...

Building an altar and celebrating a loved one transcends life and death. There is no wrong way to do it. Gather around the altar, turn up the music — usually the kind your loved one enjoyed in ...

For several years, many people in the U.S. have adopted the tradition of building an altar for "Day of the Dead" or "Día de Muertos," partly due to the influence of the Disney movie "Coco." ...