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9 October 2025

A view of a tangerine and crystallized lemon is for the preparation of Pan de Muerto (Bread of the Dead) in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 8, 2025. This culinary tradition has pre-Hispanic roots. The shape of the Bread of the Dead has a significant meaning, representing the cycle of life and death, and the bones represent the deceased.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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15 October 2024

Preparation of Pan de Muerto in Mexico City, Mexico, on the eve of the Day of the Dead. According to historical documents and accounts, in ancient Mexico, before the indigenous resistance to the arrival of Europeans, a kind of bread similar to a tortilla is prepared, made from amaranth, dried and toasted corn, and maguey honey. It is called papalotlaxcalli, which means Butterfly Bread, and has a butterfly stamped on the dough. According to the Duran Codex or History of the Indies of New Spain and the Tierra Firme Islands, it is an offering food for the goddess Cihuapipiltin, who watches over women who die in childbirth; although later it appears in the accounts of the Codex as part of a food offering that is placed on the tzompantli, an altar of skulls in honor of people sacrificed in rituals for the gods.

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31 October 2023

View of Totomoxtle Ash to decorate Pan de Muerto 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.

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31 October 2023

View of varnishing Pan de Muerto to decorate it 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

View of varnishing Pan de Muerto to decorate it 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

View of varnishing Pan de Muerto to decorate it 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

Lucia Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office on the southern edge of Mexico City, arranges Pan de Muerto con Ceniza de Totomoxtle in a box for sale on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico on November 1 and 2. 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.

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31 October 2023

Lucia Padron, originally from the Tlahuac mayor's office on the southern edge of Mexico City, arranges Pan de Muerto in a box for sale on the eve of the Day of the Dead in Mexico on November 1 and 2.

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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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31 October 2023

View of Bread of the Dead with Totomoxtle Ash and Cempasuchil Flower petals 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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