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An ofrenda doesn’t have to be elaborate or contain a ton of items, but it should have, at the very least, things that symbolize the four elements. These are earth, fire, air and water. Typically ...
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.
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Papel picado for sale at a market in Coyoacán, Mexico City for Day of the Dead. Papel picado coming down from a Mexican church. Papel picado ("perforated paper," "pecked paper") is a traditional Mexican decorative craft made by cutting elaborate designs into sheets of tissue paper. [1]
The Sumerian afterlife was a dark, dreary cavern located deep below the ground. [2] This bleak domain was known as Kur, [3] where the souls were believed to eat nothing but dry dust [4] and family members of the deceased would ritually pour libations into the grave through a clay pipe, thereby allowing the dead to drink.
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An ofrenda is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de Muertos celebration. Ofrenda may also refer to: Ofrenda (Danny Rivera album) , 1986