Day of Skulls ceremony in Bolivia
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A Bolivian indigenous woman sits near a skull during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in a church at the General Cemetery of La Paz November 8, 2008. Bolivians who keep close relatives' skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the craniums blessed and to bring themselves good luck in the future.

A Bolivian indigenous woman sits near a skull during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in a church at the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008. Bolivians who keep close relatives' skulls at home as a macabre talisman flock to the cemetery chapel once a year to have the craniums blessed and to bring themselves good luck in the future. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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