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    Day of the Dead at Feria del Alfenique

    At Feria del Alfeñique in Mexico, master sweets-makers celebrate Dia de los Muertos for a month. 

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    Fair vendors shape pumpkin seed candy into various pastries, fruits and animals.
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    These lambs are composed of the fair's signature candy, alfeñique, a sugar and almond oil mixture.
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    Miriam Torres Martínez stands with her daughter at their stall at the Feria del Alfeñique in Toluca.
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    Alfeñique animals, skeletons and coffins are amongst the fair's most popular offerings.
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    Julio Gomez Gúia, a vendor from Michoacán state, stands amongst the calavera sculptures he makes. His biggest one costs roughly $112.
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    One of the most traditional Day of the Dead sweets, skulls of amaranth seeds are harder to find these days at the fair.
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    Day of the Dead at Feria del Alfenique

    At Feria del Alfeñique in Mexico, master sweets-makers celebrate Dia de los Muertos for a month. 

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