Angelitos, Los

October 30

For the Mayan Indians living near Cancún in southeastern Mexico, October 30 was a day devoted to children who had died, the angelitos, or "little angels." It was customary for families to put flowers on their doors and to cook up treats for the angelitos who would visit them that night. Los Angelitos marked the beginning of the period during which all the dead were commemorated. Mexicans celebrate the Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, on All Souls' Day, November 2.

SOURCES:
BkHolWrld-1986, Oct 30

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References in periodicals archive

Caption: Dominguez at "Los Angelitos" Orphanage in Tijuana

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Anthropophagic semiosis and cultural hybridization in the art of Ana de Orbegoso/Semiosis antropofaga e hibridacion cultural en la obra de Ana de Orbegoso

(1) Mis contribuciones iniciales al analisis de los otros dos elementos pueden encontrarse en las publicaciones "Canibales por Cali van: Andres Caicedo y el gotico tropical" (Gomez, 2007) y "Andres Caicedo y la sexualidad de los angelitos" (Gomez, 2011).

City, mass culture and adolescence in Andres Caicedo's "non-macondian" universe/Ciudad, cultura de masas y adolescencia en el universo no macondiano de Andres Caicedo

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