Bread figurines for sale at Todos Santos in Oruro, Bolivia

Bread figurines representing dead family members for sale at Todos Santos in Oruro, Bolivia. In the Altiplano of Bolivia, it is customary that a family, in which there has been a death within the last three years, build a shrine at home at Todos Santos, decorating it with religious symbols as well as a picture of the deceased and food and drink that he or she liked, and then call down the spirit for a three day visit. The bread is particularly important. There are pieces of bread shaped like human beings, representing the dead, and there are also pieces with the shape of various old Inca symbols such as the sun and the moon.

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Bread figurines representing dead family members for sale at Todos Santos in Oruro, Bolivia. In the Altiplano of Bolivia, it is customary that a family, in which there has been a death within the last three years, build a shrine at home at Todos Santos, decorating it with religious symbols as well as a picture of the deceased and food and drink that he or she liked, and then call down the spirit for a three day visit. The bread is particularly important. There are pieces of bread shaped like human beings, representing the dead, and there are also pieces with the shape of various old Inca symbols such as the sun and the moon.