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Bread Of The Dead
(), is a type of pan dulce traditionally baked in Mexico and the Emigration from Mexico, Mexican diaspora during the weeks leading up to the Day of the Dead, Día de los Muertos, which is celebrated from November 1 to November 2. Description It is a sweetened soft bread shaped like a bun, often decorated with bone-shaped Phalanx bone, phalanx pieces. Some traditions state that the rounded or domed top of the bread represents a grave. Bread of the dead usually has skulls or Skull and crossbones (symbol), crossbones added in extra dough. The bones represent the deceased one ( or ), or perhaps bones coming out of a grave, there is normally a baked Tears, tear drop on the bread to represent goddess Chīmalmā's tears for the living. The bones are often represented in a circle to portray the Biological life cycle, circle of life. The bread is topped with sugar, sometimes white and sometimes dyed pink. This bread can be found in Mexican grocery stores in the U.S. The classic recipe fo ...
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Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico
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