This week, we're doing a short Halloween episode to learn about the "Fiesta de las Ñatitas" a seasonal tradition in Bolivia where everyone takes their best friends out for a fun day in the cemetery...

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- electric guitar loop movie music gentle by Garuda1982 -- link -- licensed as CC-BY 4.0
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Bibliography:

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/meet-celebrity-skulls-bolivias-fiesta-de-las-natitas-180957289/
• https://www.orderofthegooddeath.com/article/to-live-and-die-and-live-again-in-bolivia-the-fiesta-de-las-natitas/
• https://inmediaciones.org/juanito-y-juanita-las-calaveritas-de-la-policia/
• https://bolivianexpress.org/magazine-sub-item/179
• https://hobletsonthego.com/where-weve-been/south-america/bolivia/la-paz-general-cemetary/

Also recommended: Memento Mori by Paul Koudounaris, an author and photographer who has researched several global traditions involving death and rituals involving human remains, and extensively studied ñatitas for a chapter of this book.