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The purple colored papel picado (Christian mourning) and orange (Aztec mourning). Commercial papel picado includes a variety of colors and designs based on the caricatures of La Catrina, by Mexican cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada.

Word that derives from the Nahuatl that means flower with 20 petals, they adorn and aromatize the place during the stay of the soul. In many parts of the country it is customary to put paths of petals that serve to guide the deceased from the holy field to the offering and vice versa.

With their flickering flame they serve as a guide so that the souls can reach their old places and illuminate the return to their home. If four candles are placed in a cross, they represent the four cardinal points, so that the soul can orient itself until it finds its way and her house.

The water or favorite drink of the deceased is offered to the souls to quench their thirst after their long journey and to strengthen their return.

The church presents it as the "Body of Christ". Made in different ways, bread is one of the most precious elements on the altar.

The portrait of the remembered family member suggests the soul that will visit us, it is placed on the highest level of the altar.

It is the element of purification, it serves so that the body does not become corrupted, on its round trip for the following year. Another element of purification is the cross of ashes that serves to purify the spirit of the deceased from the guilt pending on him.

Copal was offered by the indigenous people to their gods since incense was not yet known, it arrived with the Spaniards. It is used to ward off evil spirits and to purify the environment.

The food that the deceased liked to delight the soul of the visitor. One of the favorite dishes that appears at the altar in many of the country's indigenous places is the mole with chicken, as well as the pumpkin in dulce de tacha.

Other very characteristic elements in the altars of the dead are the sugar skulls, which represent allusions to death. The possible origin of the skulls can be related to the tzompantli, a row of skulls of sacrificed warriors placed on a stick.