A Maya Indian woman cleans the skull of a dead relative and places it in a wooden crate lined with a...
A Maya Indian woman cleans the skull of a dead relative and places it in a wooden crate lined with a newly embroidered cloth in the village of Pomuch in Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, about 1348 km (838 miles) from Mexico City, October 30, 2006. Local Maya Indians visit the graves of their dead relatives during an intimate annual ritual preceding the Day of the Dead. Picture taken on October 30, 2006 REUTERS/Jennifer Szymaszek (MEXICO)