Hanal Pixan

They improvise an altar in every house in which they put

1. A green cross, symbolizing the Ya'axche?
2. A lit candle
3. Five jicaras with new atole, one in each corner of the altar, and the fifth on the center, representing the four cardinal points and the ceiba
4. Seven amounts of thirteen tortillas each, reminding the Tsol k'iin calendar numerals
5. Four containers with pork or turkey meat stewed with achiote (Bixa orellana) or chilmole.
6. And, as in other ceremonies, it tried to put on the altar twenty-two offerings in honour of the 13 gods of the Óoxlajuntik'uj and the nine gods of the Bolontik uj.
7. The altar has three levels that symbolize:
The earth (the first), the paradise (the second) and the underworld
8. Arch. For welcome to the home on the earth plain.

The celebration consists in reception and entertainment with food, water and prayers for the souls of the deceased familiars and friends; the first day for the children and the second for the adults.

The infant souls came in the dawn, so it lit up a candle on their graves for them to see well their road.

They were welcome with a de áak' sa' and chakbil-nal. In the afternoon it offered special meals like chakbil kaax kaabil k'úum, yucca with honey, new atole, táanchukwa', iswaaj and many other candies to them, and it was distributed among the assistants and shared with the neighbors when the prayers finished.

The adults also came in the dawn and they were receptioned and entertainment just as the children. Their graves were cleaned up and decorated with chaksi'ink'in flowers.