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£20.00 hardback (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783616091 | ISBN 10: 1783616091
The Day of the Dead is a festival of culture and youth, a feast of the senses and celebration of life in death. Originating in Mexico and the Latin American countries it began as a way of remembering departed relatives, as a means of embracing rather ... more
View book details£41.50 hardback (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780875653495 | ISBN 10: 0875653499
The people of Oaxaca, Mexico, believe the souls of the dead, the antepasados, return every year for a twenty-four-hour visit. They are welcomed into their former homes with gaily decorated altars and offerings of food and gifts. Then they are escorte ... more
View book details£26.50 paperback (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781405152488 | ISBN 10: 1405152486
Each October, as the Day of the Dead draws near, Mexican markets overflow with decorated breads, fanciful paper cutouts, and whimsical toy skulls and skeletons. To honor deceased relatives, Mexicans decorate graves and erect home altars. Drawing on ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2000) - ISBN 13: 9780141182254 | ISBN 10: 0141182253
It is the Day of the Dead. The fiesta in full swing. In the shadow of Popocatepeti ragged children beg coins to buy skulls made of chocolate...and the ugly pariah dogs roam the streets. Geoffrey Firmin, HM ex-consul, is drowning himself in liqu ... more
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