Pan de muerto is the traditional Days of the Dead sweet yeast bread. It is decorated and placed on ofrendas (altars), along with candles, flowers, fruit, pictures, mementos, other foodstuffs, and beverages, as offerings to the departed.
The intricately decorated pan de muerto are from the Tlacolula Valley, and reference the geometric designs and mosaic fretwork found in the archeological sites in and around Mitla, a photo of which I’m using as browser background on this blog.
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The day of the dead is my favourite festival in the year. November is the month of birth and death, harvest and feast!! You will find the Elysian fields of Mictlan covered with a velvety and golden layer of flowers. Open the gates, let the spirits join our dance, let the the living feast with dead ones. Rock’n roll with the cycle of life. 😀
Oaxaca’s pan de muerto is so beautiful and interesting. In Mexico City it simply has “bones” on top and is sprinkled with sugar. Although some sugar is bright pink or purple. However the pan de muerto in Mexico City tastes better, in my opinion. I would love to merge the two: appearance with taste.