During the Day of the Dead celebrations that take place in late October and early November, Latin Americans honor their departed loved ones by setting up altars adorned with food, flowers and photographs.
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Artisan William Luna creates a mask of a real person to adorn tantawawa, a sweet bread traditional for Day of the Dead celebrations, in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. Artisan William Luna places a piece of tantawawa bread with a mask of his grandmother in the oven during Day of the Dead celebrations in La Paz, Bolivia, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024.
Traditionally, the “tantawawa” are decorated with generic, plastered faces, but Bolivian artist William Luna thought it would be even more symbolic if he could carve out a feature that resembles the loved ones that people are remembering.
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