Resumen

PISTAN, Manuel Escalante. LA MESA DE TODOS SANTOS EN SAN PEDRO DE ATACAMA, CHILE. Chungará (Arica) [online]. 2001, vol.33, n.2, pp. 245-248. ISSN 0717-7356.  doi: 10.4067/S0717-73562001000200008.

Describes a typical ritual funeral, detailing schedules, functions and task of the devout, the mouner and companions, the ritual foods for the living and the dead, and other ritual elements present in the banquet that is prepared in order to receive the visit of the dead, especially the "new dead". The "party" culminates with the "dispatc" of souls

Palabras clave : Mortuary rituals; soul.