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The Skeleton at the Feast

The Day of the Dead in Mexico

By: Elizabeth Carmichael, Chloe Sayer

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Paperback | 1 March 1992

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All over Mexico, early in November, families gather to welcome the souls of the dead on their annual visit home. The smells of burning copal incense and pungent cempasuchil (marigolds) mingle with the aromas of fresh bread, new clothing, sweets, and candles. One of Mexico's most important festivals since prehispanic times, the Day of the Dead is an occasion for celebrating and feasting, cleaning and decorating graves, dancing and making music.

In this unique work, the authors explore both the historic origins of this holiday and its colorful present-day celebrations in Mexico and the United States. Interviews with Mexican artists and crafters who provide goods for the festival--from personalized sugar skulls to gigantic papier-mâche skeletons--offer a fascinating glimpse into traditional and contemporary attitudes toward death and the dead.

Lavishly illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, The Skeleton at the Feast will be required reading for all who are interested in Mexican culture, art, and folklore.

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"A handsome addition to the recent literature on this Mexican phenomenon.... The photographs are magnificent.... This volume makes a valuable contribution to the study of both Mexican popular culture and the folk art it has produced. It may also be timely, as one of the interviewees laments the way U.S. Halloween customs are supplanting some of the traditional celebrations in urban centers such as Monterrey and the Federal District." * Hispanic American Historical Review *

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Acknowledgements
Map of Mexico
Foreword
Introduction
The Day of the Dead
The Pre-Hispanic Background
The Spanish Conquest
Travellers' Tales
The Here and Now
Interviews-
Introduction
Fredy MTndez, La Congregaci=n del Tajfn, State of Veracruz
Juan Simbr=n, La Congregaci=n del Tajfn, State of Veracruz
Froylan Martinez Cuenca, Huaquechula, State of Puebla
Candido Reyes Castillo, Huaquechula, State of Puebla
Luis Vivanco, San Salvador Huixcolotla, State of Puebla
Consuelo Garcia Urrutia, Toluca, State of Mexico
Wenceslao Rivas Contreras, Toluca, State of Mexico
Marfa Antonieta S_nchez de Escamilla, Puebla City
Arsacio Vanegas Arroyo, Mexico City
Victor Fosado V_zquez, formerly Mexico City
Appendix: The Day of the Dead in Mixqui by Elizabeth Baquedano Meza
Notes to Part I
Notes to Part II
Glossary
Bibliography
List of illustrations
Index
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