The fields in the Mixteca region of Puebla were painted orange and purple for the arrival of the souls of our faithful deceased, and this flower that guides the path of our deceased is now ready for sale.
Because of its color and scent, the petals of the cempasúchil show the souls the way to the altars raised in their honor; while the velvet flower represents the mourning that families experience during these days of the dead.
Both flowers, which represent one of the most important Mexican traditions, began to be cultivated between May and June and are now ready to be cut from October 25 until November 1, when field workers arrive from the early hours of the day with machete or sickle in hand, to cut the stems of each flower.
Lorenzo Díaz Ortega, member of the Organization of Producers of the region, explained that the town has more than 500 hectares of marigold and velvet flowers, being the first place in the country in the production of flower of the dead.
He mentioned that these flowers will be distributed in various municipalities of Puebla, as well as in more than 15 states of the Mexican Republic, among them, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Sinaloa, Nayarit, Zacatecas, Colima, Quinta Roo, Morelos, Tlaxcala, just to mention a few.
“This allows the movement of flowers and all the people to have faith and devotion to this activity, because they are sure that they will sell it (…) this flower is characteristic for its smell, it is a quality flower from the open field where it is cut to be sold, this is sold by suitcase or chongos, they are going to make 500 thousand chongos of third hair and 600 thousand of cempasúchil and we are talking about a million chongos, which are rolls of flowers that go to other states, therefore, their quality and production put us in first place,” he added.
In this season of Day of the Dead do not forget to place your altar accompanied by these flowers to show the way to the faithful departed.
Source: amp.milenio
