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Consider bringing photos and/or small tokens that symbolize those whose lives you would like to remember and celebrate, or choose to bring tokens that symbolize earth, water, wind, and fire.

Earth: food, such as fruit, bread, favorite family dishes - to nourish the soul.

Wind: moving objects, such as tissue paper butterflies - to represent the soul's journey to the living.

Water: a container of water or favorite beverage of the deceased - to quench the soul's thirst.

Fire: luminaries, lit candles, with extras for any forgotten souls - to represent the departed soul and illuminate their path from the shadow of death.

Other symbolic items to include: salt for purification, copal/incense to guide the souls, marigolds to make a path, a mat/rug for the soul to rest, photos to honor the individual(s) being honored, and sugar skulls inscribed with both the honored and living recipients' names on the forehead.