When Tenorio Trementina's first daughter dies, the town of
El Puerto begins to gossip about the family. Many people believe that the daughters are
witches.
According to Tony’s uncle, Tenorio’s wife “made
many people of the valley sick, some died from her curses. She paid for her sins, but
not before she delivered three brujas [witches] to carry on her
work.”
In the
passage quoted in the question, the details refer to witchcraft. The people of the town
are contrasting the (supposed) practices of the Trementina family with normal and/or
Christian burial practices.
The burial rites described
here are occult, related to devil worship and/or
witchcraft.
The Trementina family proves later that they
do practice witchcraft. Symbolically and literally, Ultima stands in opposition to these
practices. Also, the priest in El Puerto stands against the Trementina family,
disallowing any burial of the dead daughter on sacred church
ground.
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