| Technical Description | Ta Laurentino introduces the topic of illness from heat, which has to do with the Day of the Dead celebration. Ta Benito explains that according to old beliefs, if someone did not put flowers, drinks, and food on the altar of their deceased loved one, they could anger the spirit and fall ill from heat. In this case, they could see that the copal would not catch fire. The person would have to speak with the spirit of their loved one to beg forgiveness, and in the moment of forgiving, the spirit would permit the copal to catch fire, and the person would be cured. |
