day of the dead peru
1 - 2 of november day of the dead ALL SAINTS
In these days, which is dedicated to the memory of the dead, Peruvians tend to attend Mass, and then in coastal communities, head to the cemetery carrying flowers. In the highlands also bring food to share symbolically with the souls of their dead. The cult of the dead was a common and highly respected custom during pre-Hispanic Peru, and part of that tradition, combined with Christian elements, persists to this day
In the village of La Arena, in Piura, the people throng the main square in the morning, taking their children dressed in their finest attire. Also attended by relatives who have lost a very young child, niece or nephew. When these people find a child that looks like they lost, he was given little buns, sweetened coconut or sweet potatoes (yams) and other sweets wrapped in finely-decorated bags, which are called "angels." At night, the relatives make a candlelight vigil at the cemetery until dawn on November 2. In Arequipa and Junín the bags of "angels" are replaced by bread in the shape of babies, called t'anta babies.
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