[owm] Day of the Dead at One World Market

[Laura Wendell]

Greetings,

We had many requests last year from customers who wanted fair trade 
items for Day of the Dead and Halloween.  I am delighted to announce 
that we have teamed up with Casa Bonampak to bring you beautiful sugar 
skulls, hand-cut paper banners, greeting cards and other decorations for 
Day of the Dead and/or Halloween.  My favorite greeting card has a 
classy sepia image of the dapper skeleton El Catrin.  The card has 
organic marigold seeds mixed into the pulp so you can plant it when you 
are done enjoying the picture - talk about a great way to recycle!  The 
sugar skulls are hand made using wooden molds passed down for 
generations.  They are decorated with colored foil and icing.  They are 
popular gifts between friends and are often used on Day of the Dead 
altars.  The paper banners are hand cut into whimsical dangling 
skeletons or beautiful decorative panels.  We hope you will come see 
these unique items while supplies last. 

Casa Bonampak supplied lots of great information about Day of the Dead 
and we have enjoyed learning more about this festive holiday.  Day of 
the Dead is traditionally celebrated on November 1 and 2. According to 
Nancy at Casa Bonampak, " Celebrations vary from region to region, but 
everywhere in Mexico on the first and second of November, the dead are 
welcomed with ceremony and respect... All over Mexico tombs are made 
tidy and adorned with flowers, leaves and fruit. Elegant candle sticks 
and incense burners are set out with offerings.  In some homes, a path 
of flower petals from the street to the altar guides the returning 
souls...  The dead are never forgotten because once a year they take 
their place beside the living and enjoy the fruits and flowers of the 
earth."  For more information about Day of the Dead, visit us at One 
World Market or see 
http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/feature/daydeadindex.html for a 
collection of articles.

Laura
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