Hundreds of Bolivian devotees have arrived at the municipal cemetery of La Paz carrying human skulls adorned with flowers for the Ñatitas festival. It is a custom rooted in the Andean region, but not recognized by the Catholic church. According to Bolivian belief, devotees ask Ñatitas for health, money, love and other favors.
Decorated human skulls with names are displayed at the General Cemetery as part of the annual “Ñatitas” festival, a tradition marking the end of the Catholic holiday of All Saints, in La Paz , Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. Women stand next to decorated human skulls at the General Cemetery as part of the annual"Ñatitas” festival, a tradition marking the end of the Catholic holiday of All Saints in La Paz , Bolivia, Friday, Nov. 8, 2024.
During the festival, people throw coca leaves and flowers at them and put cigarettes in their mouths. Some skulls are even wearing sunglasses and hats. Some are kept in golden, glass urns and others in shoe boxes decorated with flowers.
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