faces of the dead
marigolds, tagetes erecta, are indigenous to central and southern mexico and have always been associated with the holiday --- they were everywhere, along with copal incense, which one may now purchase on amazon
this is the modern version of the aztec's la catrina
this is the modern version of the aztec's la catrina
the aztec had a thing for skulls, doncha know, but the face painting is a modern phenomenon i think --- it produced some awfully cute decorated chillen
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