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Alfeñiques at the Feria del Alfeñique in Toluca.. Today, the main production center for alfeñique figures are Toluca, San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato.Today, the paste is used to form hundreds of types of shapes which include rabbits, lions, ducks, doves, cows, bulls, donkeys, pigs, frogs, horses, deer, angels, skulls and coffins.
Traditional sugar-made figures in Mexico. The Alfeñique fair (Spanish: feria del Alfeñique) is an annual event that takes place in the city of Toluca, Mexico in which vendors sell traditional sugar skulls with names labeled on the forehead, as well as candy in a variety of shapes, in order to celebrate the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).
A sugar skull, a common gift for children and decoration for the Day of the Dead.. A calavera (Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of the Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton.
Spanish influence in Mexican cuisine is also noticeable in its sweets such as: alfajores, alfeniques, borrachitos and churros. African influence was also introduced during this era as a result of African slavery in New Spain through the Atlantic slave trade and the Manila-Acapulco Galleons. [3]
Most Arab immigrants to Peru come from Palestine, [3] [4] Lebanon and Syria, [5] [6] as well as Turkey, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Iraq, Pakistan and Iran. [7] The Palestinian community, numbered at 50,000, [6] come from the so-called Christian triangle of Bethlehem, Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. [2]
Chicha morada, with the purple corn and additional pineapple still in the water for flavor purposes.. Aguajina: Made from mashed, filtered, and sweetened fruit of the aguaje palm tree.
Papel picado for sale at a market in Coyoacán, Mexico City for Day of the Dead. Papel picado coming down from a Mexican church. Papel picado ("perforated paper," "pecked paper") is a traditional Mexican decorative craft made by cutting elaborate designs into sheets of tissue paper. [1]
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