Los santos también comen en Pinotepa Nacional.

The existence of various specific foodstuffs meant exclusively for the gods, saints, and other supernatural beings in various ritual contexts in the municipality of Pinotepa Nacional, speaks to the vast ritual culinary universe which survives to this day in the coastal region of Oaxaca. The symbolic language of these offerings needed to be studied according to the Mixtec people’s own understanding, from their language and their point of view. In addition to the description of rituals and their pre-Hispanic aspects in this project, a linguistic analysis of the vocabulary gathered and developed in the field was also instrumental. The meals that are prepared at the various festivities or rituals are undoubtedly linked to the ancient thinking of the Mixtec people, hence why they are immediately associated to certain divinities and supernatural beings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]