This Clovis bakery helping keep an old tradition alive

CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A locally owned bakery successful Clovis wants everyone, of each cultures, to observe their loved ones who person died with a Mexican contented that has been passed connected for generations.

Eugenia Juarez is the proprietor of Cafe Oaxaca. Her daughter. Rosi Garcia is 1 of the bakers.

Garcia says their household tin hint the contented of baking backmost to her grandfather, Isais Porras, who became a baker successful Oaxaca, Mexico.

"He learned to cook passim his beingness and taught each his kids, including my mother," Garcia said.

Now that Porras has passed away, Garcia and her household dedicate a spot for him connected their Day of the Dead altar, known arsenic an ofrenda.

"He's my grandpa, and helium is the crushed wherefore the bakery is unfastened today," Garcia said.

Dia de los Muertos, oregon Day of the Dead, is celebrated successful definite regions and states successful Mexico and different countries successful Latin America.

Garcia and her parent are from the authorities of Oaxaca and person celebrated Dia De Muertos for years.

Juarez says anyone who wants to grant their dearly departed successful that mode should travel these elemental steps erstwhile gathering and maintaining their ain ofrenda:

1. Gather photos of your dearly departed.
2. Find a spot to signifier your ofrenda. This spot successful the location should not beryllium disturbed.
3. Place fruits, nutrient and different things important to the radical successful the photos.
4. Water, for your loved 1 to drink
5. Marigold flowers, known arsenic cempasuchil successful Mexico, to usher the dormant to the altar

Juarez has invited anyone and everyone successful the assemblage to marque an ofrenda for the archetypal clip truthful that they tin consciousness person to their loved ones whom they miss most.

Garcia says there's nary azygous mode to marque an ofrenda, and anyone who is intimidated should not worry. But if anyone is uncomfortable making one, Garcia says they tin bring a tiny photograph of their loved ones to Cafe Oaxaca to beryllium a portion of their ofrenda.

"We conscionable inquire them to permission their accusation down the pictures," Garcia said. "So that we cognize however to springiness that backmost to them."