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Mexico's Day of the Dead and other death rituals around the world
On Día de Muertos in Mexico, the celebration of death is omnipresent ... all kinds of gifts, a photo of the deceased and yellow-orange marigolds. Their bright color of the flowers is supposed ...
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Day of the Dead and other death rituals around the world
On Día de Muertos in Mexico, the celebration of death is omnipresent ... all kinds of gifts, a photo of the deceased and yellow-orange marigolds. Their bright color of the flowers is supposed ...
‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’
“Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short, carved instruments made of two opposing chambers where air could clash ...
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This Aztec Death Whistle Will Chill You to the Bone—and Mess With Your Mind
Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The Aztec death whistle is a mesoamerican instrument designed to imitate a human ...
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‘Death whistles’ signaled doom for Aztec sacrifice victims. Hear the ‘screeching’
But in the forests of central Mexico, a single note from an Aztec whistle didn’t always indicate celebration — it meant death. “Death whistles,” or Aztec skull whistles, were short ...