Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Marigold, Day of the Dead Flowers, Oaxaca, Mexico. Marigold Offerings Families will often decorate the tombs with tapetes of flowers, making a painting usually with a religious theme created entirely of whole marigold flowers, marigold petals, and flower buds.
Families will work for most of the afternoon of October 31 preparing the graves .In the evening they will have a traditional meal with bread and chocolate as the lady of the house mixes chocolate, almond, and canela (cinnamon) with a wooden mixer. After dinner they will go to the cemetery to finish decorating the grave and to sit for the night vigil of waiting for the return of the spirits. Marigold of the domestic variety replaces the wild version in the more prosperous cities and villages, These will come to the markets by the ton.Families use many other flowers to decorate the tombs and graves but the marigold has special significance and usually is prominently displayed.
On the last night of October and the first night of November, the cemetery vigils take place.in Oaxaca. Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos. Day of the Dead food.
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