<p>We had the Ecuadorian version of the dia de los difuntos (per usual weird result of imposing European catholic traditions on top of indigenous rituals) consisting of making and eating little bread babies (that resemble Inca mummies) plus drinking tasty colada morada (bright purple warm fruit drink) … talk about the bread/body and wine/blood analogies…if you think too hard about it you get a little queasy…It was a blast as usual. I got a little teary eyed when my son said it will be his last “guagua de pan” since he will be away at college next year. Perhaps he can stay there for Thanksgiving but come home for 1 de noviembre…</p>