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
A skull is seen during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
Devotees carry skulls after a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
Bolivians carry skulls into a church during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
Devotees carry skulls during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
People attend a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008.
A woman carries skulls to a church during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
Devotees carry skulls during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
Devotees carry skulls during a ceremony on the Day of Skulls at a church in the General Cemetery of La Paz Nov. 8, 2008
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