In Cahuatache, Xalpatláhuac celebrate the dead from the October 31
Indigenous na savi remembered The Mountain wind music and food to the deceased
Xalpatláhuac, 1 November. Cahuatache residents, town na savi de La Montaña, celebrated the last day of Viko Ndii, the feast of the dead, bringing flowers, food, music and prayers to the cemetery. On the 31st of October is dedicated to children and November 1 for adults.
Not only present residents of Cahuatache go to the cemetery of the town, residents of various colonies dominated Tlapa na savi people who migrated to this city, went to leave offerings to the graves of relatives. This is the case of residents of Panorama street in Colonia San Antonio, who met early on to address Cahuatache, carrying a brass band which is composed mostly of young people.
On reaching the village, young men and women of the band were received at the home of his former music teacher who gave them breakfast. The altar of the house was decorated with a bow of yellow flower, bread, soda, atole and tamales in two tables placed in the bottom two long branches were placed where there was also food, it is for the dead who have no family to test the offering.
After playing a Chilean and two-step, the brass band again went to the village cemetery, where about two hours, performed pieces in the tomb where lies a family member. Gradually he reached the people and a group of singing children.
Fernando and Luis, are two children who offer songs and prayers for the souls Viko Ndii. Fernando, said in an interview with La Jornada Guerrero for two days to go to the cemetery to pray and sing in Latin or Castilian in the tombs of the souls of children and adults. After a series of three prayers or songs, blessed with a marigold flower the tomb, bread and tamales that are offered to the deceased are to them. A group of 17 children and young people were chosen by the principals of the elderly people to teach them to be singing at this time of celebration.
Cahuatache town is the second largest population in the municipality of Xalpatláhuac, is located on the road that leads to Metlatónoc, in an area where most people are Mixtec. Their lands are communal and are divided into districts: Downtown, Santa Cruz, Guadalupe and Soledad. Derived from a division by political issues, there is now a police station and an office in the district center, both are recognized by the City of Xalpatláhuac.
In the afternoon, hundreds of residents and visitors, and other brass bands, came to the cemetery, the place was flooded with yellow, the candles began to give light in the evening.
The Day of the Dead celebration at the home of music teacher, was accompanied during the meal with beer, one of the girls that made up the brass band, was nervous about receiving nasty comments from the teacher who was in state drunkenness.
Spanish version here.
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