T'anta wawa

tanta wawa, pan de wawa, baby bread

T'anta wawa ("bread baby", from aymara and quechua t'anta "bread" and wawa "child, baby"; hispanicized names: guagua de pan, tantaguaguas, tantahuahua, wawas de pan, tantawawas and muñecas de pan) is a type of sweet roll shaped and decorated in the form of a small child or infant. they are generally made of wheat and sometimes contain a sweet filling. they are made and eaten as part of ancestral rites in andean regions of bolivia, ecuador, peru, the south of colombia, and the north of argentina, mainly on all souls' day, but also as part of agricultural festivals, carnivals, and christmas.

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