Portrait of Catrin
Portrait of Catrin with red flowers in her wonderful red hair.
By Jeff Stanford, 2023
Buy prints at:
https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/
Here, we honor and remember our ancestors. We have offerings for our ancestors on the ofrenda and put their pictures up to remember them. We put things that they liked or enjoyed. Such as pan dulce, candies, foods, or even cerveza, (beer).
The Zempoalxóchitl, (marigolds) flowers represent the sun and the beautiful road it's creates between here and Mictlán (the underworld).
Papel picado, or punched paper, represents the wind, but also decorates the ofrenda and helps make it beautiful for our ancestors.
Candles, represent fire, and light the way for our loved ones.
Water, represents the source of all life. We offer this to our loved ones to quench their thirst from a long journey to visit us.
Ofrendas will be different from family to family and no ofrenda will be the same. There really is no step by step process to make an ofrenda, rather think of the spirirts that will be visiting your house and what you would offer them after such a long journey. How would you want them to feel welcome.
At the same time you want to make sure all spiritual (and, with it, historical) parts of this belief are respected.
Understand that although this is part of a big festivity, most people are mourning loved ones and having an ofrenda is part of the painful process of mourning.
Portrait of Catrin
Portrait of Catrin with red flowers in her wonderful red hair.
By Jeff Stanford, 2023
Buy prints at:
https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/
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