The Ñatitas festival in La Paz, Bolivia, sees devotees honoring ancestral spirits with flower-adorned skulls.

The Ñatitas festival in La Paz, Bolivia, held on November 8, 2024, featured hundreds of devotees carrying human skulls adorned with flowers to the municipal cemetery. Participants seek favors such as health, money, and love from these "Ñatitas," believed to be ancestral spirits. This tradition, not recognized by the Catholic Church, blends Andean ancestral worship with Catholic beliefs and symbolizes the connection between death and life in Andean culture.

November 08, 2024
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