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5 October 2023

View of bags with fondat to decorate chocolate skulls made by members of the Jimenez Piza family, originally from the State of Toluca and living in the Barrio San Lucas in the Xochimilco district in the far south of Mexico City,. According to historical data, sugar skulls were made from alfenique and then changed to chocolate, using a confection originating in Spain, whose technique for handling it was most likely adopted from the Arab tradition. Alfenique is created from a mixture of cane sugar with egg whites, water and lemon juice.

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5 October 2023

View of chocolate skulls made by members of the Jimenez Piza family, originally from the State of Toluca and living in the Barrio San Lucas in the Xochimilco district in the far south of Mexico City,. According to historical data, sugar skulls were made from alfenique and then changed to chocolate, using a confection originating in Spain, whose technique for handling it was most likely adopted from the Arab tradition. Alfenique is created from a mixture of cane sugar with egg whites, water and lemon juice.

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#8999794

14 October 2022

View of a finished altarpiece made with papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, a master craftsman from the Tláhuac district of Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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#8999894

14 October 2022

View of a finished altarpiece made with papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, a master craftsman from the Tláhuac district of Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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14 October 2022

View of a finished altarpiece made with papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, a master craftsman from the Tláhuac district of Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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#8999798

14 October 2022

View of gold paper used to make retablos and papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, master craftsman and native of the Tláhuac municipality in Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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#8999796

14 October 2022

View of paper used to make retablos and papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, master craftsman and native of the Tláhuac municipality in Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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#8999852

14 October 2022

View of paper and material used to make retablos and papel picado by Pedro Ortega Lozano, master craftsman and native of the Tláhuac municipality in Mexico City. Papel picado is a very important element for the Day of the Dead (1 and 2 November), as it is a fundamental adornment on the altars, where it plays not only a decorative role but also a symbolic role, since, according to the belief, it helps the souls of the dead to be routed and feel happy and content when they return to eat all that their relatives have prepared for them in the ofrendas.

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#8847528

14 September 2022

Skeleton in a coffin at an altar during the Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Day of the Dead is a traditional Mexican holiday which coincides with All Souls Day in the Catholic calendar, is marked by visits to the grave sites of loved ones. It is a joyous occasion during which the celebrants remember the deceased.

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14 September 2022

Woman selling a skeleton figure on the Day of the Dead in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico is among the most important traditional religious festivities of the year. Relatives of the deceased prepare for the spirits return from the dead with elaborate decorations and food in homes (altars) and in graveyards at the burial sites.

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17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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#5002772

17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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#5002774

17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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#5002776

17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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#5002778

17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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#5002780

17 October 2019

general view of cempasuchil flower farming, which is used in the celebrations of the day of the dead to decorate altars and pantheons to welcome the deceased faithful, occasionally they are also used as an ornament in typical costumes on the day of the dead dates , is the most representative tradition and is celebrated every November 2 with an age of more than 3 thousand years. Unesco in 2003 declared the Day of the Dead as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity in on October 16, 2019 in Tlaxcala, Mexico

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