Yep! Mexican here, I added that example! And I think it's really cool! Day of the Dead has an interesting, very modern history. The celebration keeps evolving, traditions being born before our very eyes.
I'm pretty sure the coolness of skull face-painting in DotD is also a recent foreign influence, but I can't find a clear source for it. I just remember the first time I saw it was in 2008 during a Halloween party and I thought, wow, that's like the sugar skulls from Day of the Dead, cool! I didn't recognise it as a tradition but as something new.
Day of the Dead is one of my favorite holidays for very similar reasons. It's fun watching it evolve and expand in real time year after year. It's that perfect intersection of novelty and tradition, and all the while reframes mortality in a refreshingly positive light.
I'm pretty sure the coolness of skull face-painting in DotD is also a recent foreign influence, but I can't find a clear source for it. I just remember the first time I saw it was in 2008 during a Halloween party and I thought, wow, that's like the sugar skulls from Day of the Dead, cool! I didn't recognise it as a tradition but as something new.