this 4 inch cowboy skeleton rides his skeleton horse.....found in this wonderful market...the great tradition of Mexico's Day of the dead celebration ''''it is celebrated every year at Halloween time....thru Nov. 1st and 2nd....It is a time when mexicans reunite with their dearly departed....graves are cleaned and painted and families picnic there.....Home alters are built in rememberance of the dead and offerings are left there for them.....toys for children, cigarettes,tequila for adults or anything the departed were fond of during their lifetime.  If possible marigolds are spread from the cemetary to the house..to show the dead how to return.....Every town celebrates a bit differently...generally Nov 1 is for the "santitos"..children, while Nov 2 is reserved for visited from adults.......

Of course special food abounds.  Tamales and atole ( a great mexican drink made from corn ), and skeletons and skulls are are made from candy, seeds, or cookies and breads.  In the markets, people buy sugar skulls with their own names and devour them as if to put an end to death.....

Mexicans embrace death as the inevitable...they make jokes about it...make poems and wonderful skeleton crafts to celebrate it.....

As you can tell, I love this time of the year in Mexico....please look and enjoy all of my Day of the Dead items...handcrafted and hand selected as additions to your collections........

 

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