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Dia de los Muertos Altars: Celebrating Life and Death

Dia de los Muertos Altars: Celebrating Life and Death. Claire Gonzalez Center for Latin American Studies Vanderbilt University.

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Dia de los Muertos Altars: Celebrating Life and Death

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  1. Dia de los Muertos Altars: Celebrating Life and Death Claire Gonzalez Center for Latin American Studies Vanderbilt University

  2. The Mexican is familiar with death, jokes about it, caresses it, sleeps with it, and celebrates it. It is one of his favorite playthings and his most steadfast love. Octavio Paz

  3. Ofrendas/Altars

  4. Cempasuchil Flower

  5. Sources • http://www.inside-mexico.com/featuredead.htm • http://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1427-los-dias-de-los-muertos-the-days-of-the-dead • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes_erecta • http://www.ladayofthedead.com/history.html • http://www.nicholasbeatty.com/

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