Mexican · IV The Method
El Día de los Muertos: Food as Ritual and Memory
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Origin
Día de los Muertos (November 1–2) — the Mexican ritual of welcoming the deceased back to the living world — produces the most food-focused ritual in Mexican culture. The ofrenda (altar) is laden with the deceased's favourite foods, and the living feast alongside the dead. The foods of Día de los Muertos are among the most technically demanding and symbolically loaded in Mexican cooking.
II
Description
The food traditions of Día de los Muertos — their symbolism and technique.
III
The Thread
—Japanese obon food offerings (same concept — food prepared for the returned dead), All Saints Day foods across Catholic cultures (Spanish-origin ritual), Chinese Qingming festival food offerings (same
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Flavour Context
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