Urueta and Galicia craft paper-mâché masks and figurines ... a lever for them to understand how or what to create." Day of the Dead festivities can begin as early as Halloween night but ...

"She is our best-selling item," said Torres, 35, who owns the Masks y Mas in Albuquerque, a shop that sells Day of the Dead art and clothing year-round. "I have artists sending me their Catrina ...