Candles are lit to commemorate and welcome the dead.
the poignant beauty of the graves in Mexico, and the fam- ily’s dedication to their upkeep, you can stop in a cemetery any time of the year and view the well-tended gravesites with their ofrendas.
Delicacies for the dead By the end of October, local bakeries begin selling pan de
muerto, or bread of the dead. Tese loaves are placed on a family altar and eaten after the dead have had their fill. Ca- laveras, or sugar skulls, fashioned from sugar and amaranth are decorated with brightly coloured icing and are used as offerings with the deceased’s name written on them. Tey are also given out to children. If this is your first visit at this time of year, be sure to seek out a traditional candy store or bakery.
Te handicraft markets will also be overflowing with Day of the Dead souvenirs, the most common being ceramic catrina dolls — skeletons representing people in different
professions, playing sports or taking part in various hobbies. Also look for colourful skulls painted in a variety of designs and sizes.
Day of the Dead Art Artwork focuses around skulls and skeletons in many dif-
ferent forms. Catrinas (skeletons) appear in everything from figurines to sketches, fabric and many other renderings. While the Aztecs gave rise to the use of skulls and skeletons, the iconic images used today arose from an etching created by Jose Guadalupe Posada called La Calavera Catrina, or Te Elegant Skull. Since its creation in 1910, it has popular- ized the laughing skeleton images and the catrina dolls are the most recognizable incarnations of it. Much of the art has a comical flair and represents the cultural view that life and death are balancing forces. Pino Suarez Market is filled with iconic images and souvenirs for travellers to take home as mementos.
Colourful ceramic skulls make excellent keepsakes.
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Photo by Talal Albagdadi.
Photo by Joel Bullock.
Photo by Goszka.
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