Segment 20 – Day of the Dead

RAD RELIGION

Sep 27, 2012Religion & Spirituality

Today we tried to get ourselves immersed in Mexican culture with the quirky traditions of la Día de los Muertos. Hear us chat about it here: We played a couple of traditional Mexican tunes to get in the mood: ‘Cruz...

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