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Dia de los muertos: Altar Offerings
aguardiente
altar arch marigolds
apples
atole
bag of bones
bananas
bark paper cutouts
beans
breads of the dead
calaca finger and thumb prints
Calavera Catrina mask
Calavera Zapatista puzzle
candles
champurrado
chicken (stuffed or in mole)
chile
chocolate (Mexican)
cider
clay censer
cocoa beans (used as currency for bribes)
corn (on the cob or Indian)
cut paper banners
dried fish
embroidered napkins
glass of water (a must!)
guavas
jadeite (used as a bribe)
jicamas
little priests
loterķa
lyres (miniature)
mamones
marigolds
mock bread of the dead
novios
nuts
oranges
peanuts
personal mementoes
petate
photos of departed
pipian sauce (made with pump- kin Leeds)
pork cracklings
pork (stuffed)
pozole
punche
religious images
sand paintings
skeletons
soft drinks
squash
sugar sculptures
tamales
tin toys
tortillas (corn)
toy coffins
Tree of Death
wild duck
wreaths (fresh or plastic)
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