"Yamileth Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office..."

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31 October 2023

Yamileth Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the extreme south of Mexico City, uses dough to make Bread of the Dead with Totomoxtle Ash and Cempasuchil Flower petals on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico.

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31 October 2023

Yamileth Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the southern tip of Mexico City, poses in front of a mural and an offering with a Bread of the Dead decorated with Totomoxtle Ash on the eve of Day of the Dead in Mexico. Totomoxtle, commonly known as the husk or leaf that covers the cob, is normally used by farmers to feed animals. Another of the most common uses is for the preparation of traditional tamales. Meanwhile, the Cempasuchil Flower symbolizes the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Thanks to its color and aroma, it is one of the most representative elements of offerings to the dead. Its name comes from the Nahuatl word Cempohualxochitl, which means ''Flower with twenty petals.''

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31 October 2023

Yamileth Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the southern tip of Mexico City, poses in front of a mural and an offering with a Bread of the Dead decorated with Totomoxtle Ash on the eve of Day of the Dead in Mexico. Totomoxtle, commonly known as the husk or leaf that covers the cob, is normally used by farmers to feed animals. Another of the most common uses is for the preparation of traditional tamales. Meanwhile, the Cempasuchil Flower symbolizes the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Thanks to its color and aroma, it is one of the most representative elements of offerings to the dead. Its name comes from the Nahuatl word Cempohualxochitl, which means ''Flower with twenty petals.''

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31 October 2023

Yamileth Padron (l) and Lucia Padron (r), daughter and mother, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the southern end of Mexico City, pose in front of a mural and an offering with a Bread of the Dead decorated with Totomoxtle Ash in eve of Day of the Dead in Mexico. Totomoxtle, commonly known as the husk or leaf that covers the cob, is normally used by farmers to feed animals. Another of the most common uses is for the preparation of traditional tamales. Meanwhile, the Cempasuchil Flower symbolizes the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Thanks to its color and aroma, it is one of the most representative elements of offerings to the dead. Its name comes from the Nahuatl word Cempohualxochitl, which means ''Flower with twenty petals.''

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31 October 2023

Lucia Padron and Yamileth Padron, mother and daughter, are originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the extreme south of Mexico City, who make Pan de Muerto de Ceniza de Totomoxtle for sale on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico on the 1st and 2nd of November. Both activities are divided into making the Totomoxtle Ash Bread of the Dead, from pouring wheat flour into a bowl to beat with milk, egg, yeast, sugar, salt, orange zest, butter, as well as making bone figurines. , varnish, bake the dough, decorate the bread and store it in a box for distribution and sale, among others. During this season they prepare up to 12 kilos of dough.

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31 October 2023

Lucia Padron and Yamileth Padron, mother and daughter, are originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office in the extreme south of Mexico City, who make Pan de Muerto de Ceniza de Totomoxtle for sale on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico on the 1st and 2nd of November. Both activities are divided into making the Totomoxtle Ash Bread of the Dead, from pouring wheat flour into a bowl to beat with milk, egg, yeast, sugar, salt, orange zest, butter, as well as making bone figurines. , varnish, bake the dough, decorate the bread and store it in a box for distribution and sale, among others. During this season they prepare up to 12 kilos of dough.

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