11/03/2021
It's an intimate time to honor your past loved ones and/or people who have impacted your life. Pam Covarrubias] from , provided guidance, knowledge, and encouragement to start with a small altar. Every item has significance.
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Below are the details Pam Covarrubias] graciously gathered to help with our altar:
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1. Find a photograph or an object that belonged to them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
2. Find a nice space in your home to build your altar. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
3. Light a candle. To guide them back into the light so they can go in peace.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
4. Have water. To calm their thirst and to cleanse their soul.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
5. Leave some food out for them, ideally their favorite food.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
6. Dress up your altar with flowers. If you can find flor de cempasúchil or marigold in English, that would be great.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
7. Dress your altar with candy or sugar skulls to sweeten their journey.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
8. Add seeds or dirt to the floor to honor the earth and the land we're standing on.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
9. Add papel picado (you can DIY it). It represents the duality between life and death. You get bonus points if your papel picado is orange and purple.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
10. My favorite, Pan de Muerto (bread of the dead? that's the literal translation) which represents the cycle of life by its round shape, and it is adorned by four long pieces at the top representing the four cardinal directions.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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