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Agua de Jamaica (water of hibiscus) is a popular herbal tea made of the flowers and leaves of the Jamaican hibiscus plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as flor de Jamaica in Mexico. It is served cold and quite sweet with a lot of ice. The ruby-red beverage is also known as hibiscus tea in English-speaking countries. [32]
Our first-ever Dia de los Muertos digital altar will feature the names and photos of readers’ loved ones. Submissions close Oct. 30.
Altar de Sacrificios is located on the Guatemalan side of the international border with Mexico, which follows the Salinas and Usumacinta rivers. [3] It is 80 kilometres (50 mi) upriver from the important Classic period Maya city of Yaxchilán and 60 kilometres (37 mi) west of Seibal. [4]
An ofrenda (Spanish: "offering") is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de los Muertos celebration. An ofrenda, which may be quite large and elaborate, is usually created by the family members of a person who has died and is intended to welcome the deceased to the altar setting.
El Dia de los Muertos has many names across South America including: El Día de los Difuntos (Day of the Deceased); El Día de los Santos (Day of the Saints); Todos Santos (All Saints); El Día de las Ánimas (Day of the Souls); and El Día de las Ánimas Benditas (Day of the Blessed Souls). A combination of Pre-Columbian and Catholic ...
Pan de muertos and other offerings on an altar de muertos. In this regard, Stanley Brandes, historian and anthropologist of Mexican culture (and in particular of the Day of the Dead), comments: To the question of European vs indigenous origins, there can be no simple resolution until more extensive colonial sources come to light.
These 10 dishes for after Thanksgiving may look and taste like you spent a whole evening toiling over the stove, but are actually quick and easy.
Pan de ánimas is also known as pan bendecido ('blessed bread') or pan de caridad ('charity bread'). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The tradition of the mortuary breads in Spain is collected by the anthropologist Luis de Hoyos Sainz [ es ] in the publication Folklore español del culto a los muertos (1945), although he notes that these traditions have gradually ...