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had about fifty skulls, was probably


       the oldest I visited.  As I visited other



       homes in the valley, I found that most


       of them only had a few skulls, almost


       none of which had been shrunk like



       those in the first house.  But every


       home I entered had at least two and


       followed the same tradition.



               The owner of one home spoke a


       fair amount of English and was able


       to explain more about their ancestral



       traditions.


               “We have day like what you call


       Halloween.  We call Day of Dead.”



               “What do you do on the Day of


       the Dead?” I asked.
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