A festival of joy that welcomed spirits back into the living, Day of the Dead is a thousands year old tradition dating back to Aztec, Toltec, and other Nahua people, now located in Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Families joyfully decorate the graves of their loved ones, creating altars not for worshipping, but for welcoming them back in celebration, to reignite memories and rekindle spiritual connection.

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• hand painted wood elements by Laura Vasquez Cruz, 4th generation Zapotec artist of San Martin Tilcajete, Oaxaca, México
• vintage Swarovski crystal, kyanite drop 
• gold earwires
• can be duplicated, but colors of wooden beads will vary
• extremely light, wearable, colorful, joyful commemorative piece.

feel beautiful in this limited edition collection, darling Sophanista.