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How can you use “nichos” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
Yard nichos can vary in size from one foot to six or eight feet high.
See also Calavera; Día de los Muertos; Folk Art; Nichos; Ofrenda; Papel Picado; La Virgen de Guadalupe
Nichos are also constructed as part of yard shrines to house a favorite saint or La Virgen de Guadalupe or another Madonna.
The wealthy or upper classes were able to build small chapels on their ranches, while the poorer classes built small nichos and altars in their homes, in kitchens or other rooms, for private prayer and devotion.
These shrines are often just called nichos, and the word shrine is not even mentioned.
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