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a couple of feet deep. In front of each
was a stone altar. The alcoves were
filled with small, white skulls about
the size of the ceramic ones sold in
the United States for Halloween
decorations.
When I asked him if they were
decorations, he seemed quite
offended. Though we struggled to
communicate, I soon learned that
these were skulls of his ancestors,
which he had brought home so he
could honor them. In turn, he said his
ancestors watched over and protected
him and his family. The things on the
altars were offerings to them.
That first home I entered, which
