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Elements of an Altar de Muertos

Today we will analyze the elements of an altar of dead , pay close attention as each object has a special meaning.

first thing to do is a three-tiered altar .- The top represents the sky and there are placed the images of saints is the limbo in the middle there is the photo of the deceased and the third is the land where the offerings are placed.

candles or candles .- In a put 4 candles on the altar cross at each point of the compass to guide the souls and illuminate the path of the deceased, the candles form a cross for Christians and cardinal points for the pre-Hispanic.

Papel picado .- There are many designs of confetti are very original and all, it is important to buy the orange color shows the pre-Hispanic black and purple mourning representing the Christian ...

The confetti serves for spirits to reach the altar pushed by the wind, with this paper line the altar, is placed at the door or hangs from wall to wall.

Flores .- Those listed for this event are: cloud, or marigold velvet cempaxochitl which means more than 20 flower petals in the Nahuatl language and is used because it reflects the color of the Aztec god of the sun. Moreover, all the flowers and scents adorn the place

A cross of ashes .- It serves for when it's soul to the altar and to atone for their sins pending.

.- Water Pitcher Used to the deceased to wet his parched lips, and cool while purified

Eating .- All those foods that were favorites of the deceased can be placed in clay pots like our ancestors did for example, mole, Mexican rice, pipian, tortillas, pastries, tamales, white bread, pumpkin or sweet hawthorn, coffee pot sweetened with brown sugar, seasonal fruits like tangerine orange jicama, etc..
The spirit to be satisfied, it takes away the essence is to try to take away the smell and taste, is a very strange phenomenon.

Pan de muerto .- The traditional being developed for these dates and is made from flour and eggs, this bread sample in its decoration bone and the navel of a dead man

.- Sal serves for children or those who were not baptized (means purifying the soul) Incense

.- It is to purify the environment, clean away the evil spirits, it also serves as the prayer that is linking the sky with the earth. Calaveras

sweet .- That are made with sugar, boiling water and lemon, decorated with metal foil in the eyes and polish colors for face details. In front are the name of the person you are dedicated. This person may even be someone who is alive and that the tradition is that even if we live we laugh at death. The skulls and skeletons are a reminder that death is part of the cycle of life and that Mexicans can play with it today
candy skulls are also other edible materials such as rubber, jelly, chocolate and amaranth.

Other information

children to the altar of sacrifice is important to toys and candy, do not lose the tradition of placing the fondant candy called weaklings.

For the altar of adults can make drinks like tequila or pulque or some liquor and cigars, a wash bowl with a towel and estimated their belongings.

order not to lose the dead in the house put lighted lanterns and stars to guide them up the driveway.

around the door also placed an arch that symbolizes the door further and San Pedro the permission granted to the souls to leave and return.

To reach the altar should be placed flower petals of marigolds to form a path and guide the dead and helped by the dazzling yellow.

not forget to put a few chairs and a mat for the departed rest of the voyage, it is also good to sit around the altar to live with them. Show them that are here and we have not forgotten.

Well I hope this document will serve to put your next altar of the dead, do not forget that the offering is a way to reach out to our customs.

Why calaverita children ask?

In the Federal District and other parts of the Mexican Republic calaverita still calls and it comes from a legend that dates back to prehispanic times where a child has not had to macehual offerings to their relatives and went to skull, ie, collect fruits, breads, food and everything that gets in the offerings. Since then style the children ask "calaverita"
Today the tradition has been transforming it asks for money and the children candy or ultimately redeemed by people just give them candy.