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Altars are set up for community members to bring photos, flowers or keepsakes to remember and celebrate loved ones.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022

Correction: An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of one of the artists in the Altars Festival.

From Washington Post • Dec. 1, 2021

Altars also often feature small skulls made of sugar or chocolate, as well as pan de muerto, a pastry with a pair of crossed bones on top covered in sugar.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2021

Altars with candles and offerings to African ancestors fill the two-story studio and home.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2021

Wells had written one previous book — Little Altars Everywhere — which had been a minor cult hit in and around her hometown of Seattle.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell