--- description: Today’s Google Doodle pays homage to Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico and around the world title: Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Mexican Holiday ‘Day of the Dead.’ Here’s What to Know image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte726637079d6d63d/6988e44ccf40a8bb6dc4a0c3/day-of-the-dead-2017-6241959625621504-2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Mexico](/tag/mexico/) ## Mexico Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Mexican Holiday ‘Day of the Dead.’ Here’s What to Know  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 2, 2017 1:07 PM CUT  NOV. 2 2017 - Google's doodle celebrates Mexico's Day of the Dead NOV. 2 2017 - Google's doodle celebrates Mexico's Day of the DeadGoogle  by [Billy Perrigo](/author/billy-perrigo/)  ## Billy Perrigo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Nov 2, 2017 1:07 PM CUT Today’s Google Doodle pays homage to the [Dia de los Muertos](http://time.com/4551366/dia-de-los-muertos-day-dead-halloween/ "undefined") (or Day of the Dead,) a centuries-old holiday celebrated in Mexico and around the world, including in American-Mexican communities in the U.S. For centuries, indigenous peoples in Mexico have [celebrated and honored death](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1050577,00.html "undefined"), and the annual celebration on Nov. 2 is a time for the remembrance of ancestors. The festival is not meant to be frightening despite its morbid imagery. The skeleton of a dog takes a prominent place in this year’s doodle, which was designed by Lydia Nichols. “Dogs are considered spirit guides, bringing souls to their final resting place,” Google said in an accompanying statement. The doodle also features pictures of [decorated skulls](http://time.com/3553377/day-of-the-dead-google-doodle/ "undefined"), which are traditionally made out of sugar and given as gifts as symbols of life’s vitality. Also pictured are other _ofrendas_, or offerings to the deceased, such as pictures, flowers and candles. “This holiday serves as a tremendous source of comfort and community to its observers,” Google said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/"},"headline":"Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Mexican Holiday ‘Day of the Dead.’ Here’s What to Know","datePublished":"2017-11-02T13:07:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:05:24.056Z","description":"The festival is also known as Dia de los Muertos","url":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/","keywords":["Mexico","Google","Google Doodle","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte726637079d6d63d/6988e44ccf40a8bb6dc4a0c3/day-of-the-dead-2017-6241959625621504-2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Billy Perrigo","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/billy-perrigo/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte726637079d6d63d/6988e44ccf40a8bb6dc4a0c3/day-of-the-dead-2017-6241959625621504-2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Google Day of the Dead Doodle","caption":"NOV. 2 2017 - Google's doodle celebrates Mexico's Day of the Dead","creditText":"Google","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/mexico/","name":"Mexico"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/","name":"Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Mexican Holiday ‘Day of the Dead.’ Here’s What to Know"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"How Google Makes its Doodles","description":"Our videographer went to the Googleplex in Mountain View, California to meet some of the designers and coders who create the special, clever variations on the Google.com logo known as","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/upF0qp1E/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2018-07-07T16:09:57.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/upF0qp1E.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/","duration":"PT3M23S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5007034/google-doodle-day-of-the-dead/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```