Alternative to Halloween

Day of the Angeles! In the main downtown plaza they took a day to celebrate "angels". Each child dressed up in an angel costume and the band played different types of songs. Granted it is hosted by the Catholic church but I thought it was handled much better by the city than the other worldly methods. I happened to be going into town at the time of the celebrations and took some pictures.

 On the day of the dead, the Peruvians take the time to visit the graveyards and put new flowers on their loved ones graves as well as recall their loved ones.
The church takes the opportunity to run some fund raisers to raise money for the teens to go to summer camp. We ran one of the fund raisers by selling Nisha's home baked cakes (tortas) and cookies (galletas).

 Catholic boys are willing to read a prayer, sprinkle water with a plastic rose, and share a blessing over a grave for some money.

 This is a picture of the venders outside the cemetary.

 Picture of the entrance to the cemetary.

 Picture of our booth were we sold the cakes and cookies.

 Matthew decides to walk around and help sell the pieces of cake.