The president of the Union of Locatarios and Vendors of the Municipal Markets “Lucas de Gálvez” and “San Benito”, Felipe Estrella Baas stated that this week is expected to start with a large number of families visiting both public sites to check prices and start buying everything needed for the Hanal Pixán altars from October 31 to November 2.
He said that many people will go to both markets to ask prices for flowers, candles, fruits, sugar candies, masa, espelon, pork and chicken, cans, onions, tomatoes, red recado and epazote.
He said that by the end of next week, families knowing the prices of food products will begin to buy what they need to prepare the pibes, espelon tamalitos, as well as the cans, lard, pork, chicken, tomato, onion and everything necessary for the food offerings, desserts and sweets, as well as seasonal fruits that are placed on the altars of Hanal Pixan, some families place their altars on October 31st, and others until November 1st and 2nd.
She pointed out that people can find a variety of food prices, as well as candles, candles, flowers, masa, espelon, sugar candies, marzipan, jicama, although there is a shortage of sweet oranges, grapefruit and tangerines, but there is yucca, there is honey to make fritters, all part of the tradition and custom of remembering loved ones who have passed away, offering them these offerings of the Hanal Pixan altars.
Finally, Estrella Baas commented that there are some families who carry out the ochovario, which is when deceased loved ones say goodbye to their families after the feast of the day of the faithful departed, and food, flowers, candles, and candles are placed to bid them farewell to their journey to the afterlife, according to the belief of many Yucatecan families, although with the passage of time the ochovario tends to disappear, also because of the cost of the food.
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