Editing Day of the Dead (section)

====Bolivia====
''<span lang="es" dir="ltr">Día de las Ñatitas</span>'' ("Day of the Skulls") is a festival celebrated in [[La Paz]], [[Bolivia]], at the beginning of November after the celebrations of All Saints. In [[pre-Columbian]] times indigenous Andeans had a tradition of sharing a day with the bones of their ancestors on the third year after burial. Today families keep only the skulls for such rituals. Traditionally, the skulls of family members are kept at home to watch over the family and protect them during the year. On November 9, the family crowns the skulls with fresh flowers, sometimes also dressing them in various garments, and making offerings of cigarettes, coca leaves, alcohol, and various other items in thanks for the year's protection. The skulls are also sometimes taken to the central cemetery in La Paz for a special Mass and blessing.<ref>{{cite news |last=Guidi |first=Ruxandra |title=Las Natitas |publisher=BBC |date=November 9, 2007 |url=http://www.theworld.org/?q=node/13922&answer=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206010457/http://www.theworld.org/?q=node%2F13922&answer=true |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Smith | first = Fiona | title = Bolivians Honor Skull-Toting Tradition | agency = Associated Press | date = November 8, 2005 | url = http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bolivia/skulls.htm |access-date= December 30, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080218053817/http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bolivia/skulls.htm | archive-date = February 18, 2008 | url-status=live | df = mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | publisher = Bolivia Line (May 2005) | title = All Saints day in Bolivia&nbsp;– "The skull festival" |access-date= December 20, 2007 | url = http://www.bolivialine.com/bolivia/newsletter/Newsletter200511.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081023143422/http://www.bolivialine.com/bolivia/newsletter/Newsletter200511.htm | archive-date = October 23, 2008 | url-status=dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref>