Bolivian bakers bake bread children to celebrate Day of the Dead

Record ID: 1695544

  • Title: Bolivian bakers bake bread children to celebrate Day of the Dead
  • Date: 1st November 2022
  • Summary: (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN CULTURE MINISTER, SABINA ORELLANA CRUZ, SAYING: “We always say that at least today the souls (of their loved ones) will arrive. We will talk, we will chew coca leaves, we will eat with them. They arrive and tomorrow we need to say goodbye to them.” CEMETERY VARIOUS OF PEOPLE VISITING GRAVES IN CEMETERY BOLIVIAN, PEDRO APAZA, VISITING THE
  • Embargoed: 15th November 2022 23:41
  • Keywords: All Saint's Day Day of the Dead Tanta Wawa bread cemetery grave offering tradition
  • Location: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • City: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,South America / Central America
  • Reuters ID: LVA003627301112022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:Bolivians celebrated the Day of the Dead with traditional children-shaped bread and visiting their deceased loved ones’ graves.
    Bakers baked “tanta wawas”, an Aymaran tongue phrase meaning “bread children”, which are baked figures that represent the deceased.
    On Monday (October 31), a large offering was set up in the Bolivian capital of La Paz with tanta wawas, candles, and food for the dead.
    Bolivian Culture Minister Sabina Orellana Cruz said souls descend to the living world. “We will talk, we will chew coca leaves, we will eat with them.”
    Many attended cemeteries on Tuesday (November 1) to visit their loved ones and decorate their graves.
    Bolivian Pedro Apaza placed two candles on his wife’s grave. Apaza explained he visited her grave on All Saint’s Day since her demise in 1997.
    "Dia de los Muertos", or All Souls' Day, interweaves Spanish influences with indigenous ancestor worship in Latin America, especially in places with strong indigenous populations such as Mexico, Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
    (Production: Santiago Limachi, Sergio Limachi, Nina Lopez)
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