April 23, 2024
SHIPS FAST! Day of the dead, Dia de Muertos, 100pcs Mexican Sugar Skull Candies,
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These sugar skulls were hand decorated. You can appreciate the colors, and folklore of Mexico in each of them. The box contains 100 pieces!!! They are cute and small (perfect for small bites or as a coffee sweetener... What a cool idea!). They are handmade, so expect irregular and imperfections, it is part of the beauty. Measurements: less than one inch tall -- Please look at picture number four. Sugar art was brought to the New World by Italian missionaries in the 17th century. Mexico, abundant in sugar production, learned quickly from the friars how to make sugar art for their religious festivals. Clay molded sugar figures of angels, sheep and sugar skulls go back to the Colonial Period 18th century. Sugar skulls represented a departed soul, had the name written on the forehead and was placed on the home ofrenda or gravestone to honor the return of a particular spirit. Sugar skull art reflects the folk art style of big happy smiles, colorful icing and sparkly tin and glittery adornments. Sugar skulls are labor intensive and made in very small batches in the homes of sugar skull makers. These wonderful artisans are disappearing as fabricated and imported candy skulls take their place. There is nothing as beautiful as a big, fancy, unusual sugar skull! Although it is a holiday from far away in southern Mexico, it's a holiday
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