Kuyambira Okutobala 31 mpaka Novembala 4, mdera lokongolali m'chigawo cha San Luis Potosí, umodzi mwamapwando odabwitsa kwambiri operekedwa kwa akufa umachitika. Dziwani Xantolo wodabwitsa!
Kwa anthu onse a ku Mexico, masiku a akufa amaimira zikondwererozo ndi mizu yayikulu kwambiri pazikhalidwe zodziwika bwino komanso malingaliro amtundu wathu, chifukwa chobwezeretsa "moyo" wawo, womwe umalola amoyo ndi akufa kukumananso kwa ochepa masiku okumbukira ndi kutengeka ndi chisangalalo, moyo ndi zithumwa zake zobisika kwambiri.
Padziko lonse lapansi, Okutobala 31 ndiye chiyambi cha zikondwererozi, ndipo m'boma la San Luis Potosí, deti ili likuwonetsa chiyambi cha Xantolo, gulu losangalala losangalala ndikulandila kuti kwa masiku asanu akuzungulira nyengo yolemekezeka ya tsiku la Los Fieles Difuntos, ndikuisintha kukhala phwando pomwe nyimbo, zovina, nyimbo ndi chakudya, zimawonetsa mayendedwe amoyo a nzika za Huasteca Potosina.
Huasteca Potosina, wokhala ndi mafuko monga a Teenek ndi a Nahuas, amakondwerera akufa awo ndi guwa lansembe lamakolo, lomwe pano limatchedwa "chipilala", chifukwa chikhalidwe chake chimakhala ndi timitengo tating'ono tating'ono tomwe timayikidwa pakona iliyonse ya gome, loyimira magawo a moyo wamunthu, omwe amapindana kupanga mabango awiri okutidwa ndi zopingasa zomwe zikuyimira mitsinje yanthano yomwe mzimu umayenera kudutsa kuti udziyeretse.
Njira yopita ku "chipilalacho" imawonetsedwa ndi duwa la Cempasúchil kapena Cempoalxochitl, lomwe fungo lake ndi mtundu wake ndizosamveka, ndikuyimirira kuchokera kumanda kupita kunyumba zomwe wakufayo abwerera kudzakhala ndi abale awo ndikusangalala ndi zopereka za chakudya, zakumwa ndi zisangalalo monga momwe adachitira asananyamuke.
Tsiku loyamba la Xantolo ndi Okutobala 31, tsiku lomwe miyoyo ya ana imawerengedwa kuti ndi yoyamba kuchezera mabanja awo, chifukwa chake zopereka za mabwalowo ndi zakudya zomwe amadya, monga atole, chokoleti , maswiti, tamales ndi zina zophiphiritsa zomwe zikukhudzana ndi ubatizo ndi moyo.
Tsiku lotsatira, Novembala 1, pali ulonda wokhala ndi mapemphero ndi matamando, zifanizo ndi guwa ndi zofukiza, kuwonjezera pakusewera nyimbo zamwana, zoperekedwa kwaimfa.
Pa Novembala 2, nzika za Huasteca zimabweretsa zopereka kwa milungu, kukongoletsa mandawo ndi maluwa, omwe amapangidwanso mpaka tsiku lomaliza la mwezi kutsanzikana ndi mizimu yomwe yabwera kudzacheza.
Kuphatikiza pa njira yokondwerera akufa ku Huasteca Potosina, anthu onse omwewo amawonjezeranso zomwe zimawapatsa mwayi wopatulika kuchipani, ngakhale onse amasunga ulemu wapadera pamwambowu.
Ku Axtla de Terrazas, mwambo wosintha ndodo umachitika pakati pa akulu m'derali, pomwe zoseweretsa za Coxcatlán zimaphatikizidwanso pamakoma a Okutobala 31. Ku San Antonio, nyimbo zamphepo zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kukongoletsa madzulo a masiku atatu akufa.
Ku San Martin Chalchicuatla ochavada amachitidwa, ndiye kuti, tamalada kwa anthu onse masiku asanu ndi atatu zitatha zikondwerero, pomwe ku Tamazunchale, Tanlajas ndi Tancahuitz mitundu yovina ndi zokongoletsa zimakumana pamaguwa, mosagwirizana ndi zomwe zapezekazo zilankhulo zomwe zimalankhulidwa mdera lililonse.
