Nuestra Ofrenda "our offering"

Our offering had 7 levels, they represent the levels the soul needs to pass until he/she can reach heaven. Being the 7th representing heaven. Needs to have the picture of the beloved or beloved ones that pass that you are making the offering for.The offering needs to have everything the beloved one use to love or enjoy in life. That means , his/her favorite food, favorite drink (tequila, wine,etc), some personal objects, toys if they were children, candies, bread (pan de muerto), religious objects like a cross and a virgen of Guadalupe for protection. Needs to be full of light with candles and full of life with flowers. We use the orange one "marigold" that means light and a purple one that means mourning. But this is a party for them, to let them know they are not forgotten, that they still in our hearts and in our prayers.