El Dia De Muerto

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by both rural
and urban areas, but there is a slight difference. The rural and poor
classes have very elaborate altars and offerings while the urban middle to
upper class might have a simple offering or mocking attitude toward the
tradition. Some simple offering may include a flower arrangement of
"cempazuchitl", the Nabfuafi language name for marigolds, and candles as
well. Some elaborate offerings include: a pie made off corn with various
fillings, plates of tamales, beverages which are usually the favorite of
the deceased including chocolate, an assortment of flowers, candles, bowls
of local fruits such as chayotes, limes, and avacados, and "pan de muerto"
which are rounded loaves of bread. The bread is sometimes shaped like a
human with a design of crossed bones. Marzipan skulls, bread shaped like a
skull, can also be implemented in the offering. The graves are decorated
with flower arrangements and the area is covered with Marigold petals.
Candles and copal incense ...

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