<P> Pan de muerto and calaveras are associated specifically with Day of the Dead . Pan de muerto is a type of sweet roll shaped like a bun, topped with sugar, and often decorated with bone - shaped phalanges pieces . Calaveras, or sugar skulls, display colorful designs to represent the vitality and individual personality of the departed . </P> <P> In addition to food, drink is also important to the tradition of Day of the Dead . Historically, the main alcoholic drink was pulque while today families will commonly drink the favorite beverage of their deceased ancestors . Other drinks associated with the holiday are atole and champurrado, warm, thick, non-alcoholic masa drinks . </P> <P> Jamaican iced tea is a popular herbal tea made of the flowers and leaves of the Jamaican hibiscus plant (Hibiscus sabdariffa), known as flor de Jamaica in Mexico . It is served cold and quite sweet with a lot of ice . The ruby - red beverage is called hibiscus tea in English - speaking countries and called agua de Jamaica (water of Jamaica) in Spanish . </P> <P> In Belize, Day of the Dead is practiced by people of the Yucatec Maya ethnicity . The celebration is known as Hanal Pixan which means "food for the souls" in their language . Altars are constructed and decorated with food, drinks, candies, and candles put on them . </P>

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