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1. Get a table or several large cardboard boxes to form an altar.

Cartulina Altar
2. Then, cover all the boxes with plain, white tablecloths, cloth or colored paper.
Mantel Papel
3. Then, distribute the pictures of your loved ones along the mound.
Fotografía Montículo
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4. Around them, place the stews and desserts that these people liked in life.
Guisados Postres
5. Use flowers, fruit, candy or Mexican skull sugar figures to creatively adorn
the offering.Flores, frutas, dulces Calaberas

6. Leave no empty spaces.

7. Add different colored picado paper to the edges of the table or boxes to give
the offering a magical touch: picado paper represents air.
Ofrenda
8. Include in the offering also salt and a brazier with copal and incense to purify
the altar. Sal Copal Incienso
Velas
9. Distribute unlit candles among the objects to illuminate the altar: they represent
light, purity and fire.
Fuego
Pan
10. You should also. place bread of the dead, which represents love and
brotherhood. This is the main symbol of the offering.
Simbolo
11. Nor can water be lacking to feed thirsty souls.
Sed
Caminos
12. Do not forget to create paths of cempasúchitl and velvet flowers to guide the
spirits towards their feast.
Banquete
13. Lit the candles, at the end: the dead will have a great party. Although not every
Mexican celebrates or likes the Day of the Dead, this is a traditional festivity
that proudly distinguishes Mexico and is valued and loved by many people
around the world.