A woman sells pieces of incense used at Todos Santos or All Saints Day in Oruro Bolivia


A woman sells pieces of incense at Todos Santos or All Saints Day in Oruro Bolivia In the Altiplano of Bolivia it is customary that a family in which there has been a death within the last three years build a shrine at home at Todos Santos and then call down the spirit for a three day visit Incense is burned both when the soul is called down to the home and when it is sent back again


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