Why is the lily associated with Easter? Why not some other early blooming flower like the tulip or daffodil? Forrest Pieper, president of the Minnesota Lily Society, can trace the flower’s ...

As a symbol of transformation, a butterfly represents everlasting life. The three stages of its short life – caterpillar ...

There are symbols that are used in every Catholic rite ... It reminds the family that the deceased is now sharing in the life of Christ. The pall is a large white sheet that is draped over the ...

With films like The Book of Life and Disney’s Coco ... La Catrina has become a prominent symbol of death in Mexico, and is the inspiration for a lot of Day of the Dead makeup and costumes.