This altar has special pan de muertos (Day of the Dead bread) in a vaguely human shape in different sizes, and colorful cempasuchitl flowers.
This altar was in a display of Day of the Dead altars that took place in the Oaxaca City Zocalo.
Altar with Pan de Muerto
© Suzanne Barbezat
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