While Guatemalan/Salvadoran Dia de los Muertos is a much-celebrated remembrance of the dead, not to mention a holiday (check out this Prensa Libre package), mom ventured out of her typical candles for her difuntos (deceased) to experience a Mexican/American version of the celebration with me. I think this is the beginning of a hybrid tradition of our own. :-)
I'm working on a story about the "underground" economy behind Latino holidays to show how commerce in the immigrant community is often unaccounted for. Help me out, what do you buy the most for Dia de los Muertos? Flowers? Pan dulce? What other Latino holidays come to mind? Do you celebrate modified versions of American holidays? Tamales instead of chumpe (turkey)? How do these holidays affect your spending habits?
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