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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 7 books in this booklist
£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£9.99 hardback (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781870003575 | ISBN 10: 1870003578
Calaveras (Spanish for skulls) are produced every year for the Day of the Dead a day of festivity when prints, skeletal artefacts, toys, cakes and sweets are sold and ritualistic offerings made to dead relatives. The great Mexican printmake ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780778742975 | ISBN 10: 0778742970
El Día de los Muertos is the Mexican equivalent of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. During this festival, people build altars to loved ones who have died and gather around it to rekindle happy memories of that person. Graves and altars are decorat ... 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
View book details£26.99 paperback (1991) - ISBN 13: 9780292776586 | ISBN 10: 0292776586
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 cempasúchil (marigolds) mingle with the aromas of fresh bread, new clothing, sweets, and ... more
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