Image: Day of the Dead 2002, 2
Day of the Dead in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2002.
- Photographer:
- Jeannine Baker
- Rights:
- © Australian Museum
Additional information
The essential ingredients in an altera (altar) include:
- cempasúchil (marigold) flowers - they form the road the dead need to walk on when they return
- dirt or earth - because we live on the earth
- ash - because when you die you become ash
- water in a glass - because the dead are very thirsty
- meat - because the dead haven't eaten all year, so you put out their favourite food for them
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