Photos: Pan de muerto
Bread of the Dead made locally, and also, in Peru.
Small pan de muertos at El Triunfo Bakery, 6348 S. Nogales Highway, by the airport. The bakers here use orange essence to give their pan de muerto a light citrus flavor. The sturdy but eggy dough is laced with spices like cinnamon, and has a nice, stiff crust.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star 2014
Traveling across Peru last year, I found the country has their own way of celebrating Dia de los Muertos. At the enormous San Pedro market in Cusco, vendors display an elaborate bread called T ‘anta wawa, or "bread baby" in the Quechuan language.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Pan caballo, or pan wawa, is also a popular treat. According to a Spanish School blog, the horses represent the transcending of the Incan goddess Pachamama to Alaxpacha, a superior place where the moon, stars and sun are.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
The pan de muerto at La Estrella Bakery, 5266 S. 12th Ave., during Dia de los Muertos.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star 2014
Small pan de muertos at El Triunfo Bakery, 6348 S. Nogales Highway, by the airport. The bakers here use orange essence to give their pan de muerto a light citrus flavor. The sturdy but eggy dough is laced with spices like cinnamon, and has a nice, stiff crust.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star 2014
El Triunfo's skeleton pan de muerto.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star 2014
Traveling across Peru last year, I found the country has their own way of celebrating Dia de los Muertos. At the enormous San Pedro market in Cusco, vendors display an elaborate bread called T ‘anta wawa, or "bread baby" in the Quechuan language.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Pan caballo, or pan wawa, is also a popular treat. According to a Spanish School blog, the horses represent the transcending of the Incan goddess Pachamama to Alaxpacha, a superior place where the moon, stars and sun are.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Further north in the small Andean dairy town of Cajamarca, Peru, the wawa take on a simpler form. These breads were being sold at the town's main cemetary on Dia de los Muertos.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Another scene from the town's cemetery on Dia de los Muertos. Hundreds of people set up blankets and relaxed in family groups, passing around water bottles filled with homemade chicha.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
Cajamarcans light candles around a colorful altar decorated with vibrant flowers.
- Andi Berlin / Arizona Daily Star
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