SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Pan de muerto is a seasonal bread baked during Día de los Muertos festivities throughout Mexico and in other countries around Latin America. Many buy it from bakeries and stores and hand out the bread as a gift to loved ones, coworkers or friends. US residents travel to Mexico to visit their dead The bread can be made in different colors and can also be used to decorate altars in honor of dead relatives. A culinary school in Tijuana, has decided to use 43,000 pieces to create the largest "mosaic" of Day of Dead bread in the world. A baker of GM bakery during the elaboration of day of the dead bread (pan de muerto) which has a round shape and is decorated with strips of bread in the shape of bones and white and pink sugar, and are used to decorate offerings on the occasion of the Dia de Muertos celebrations. GM bakery has been dedicated to the production of sweet bread for more than 20 years. (Photo by Carlos Santiago/Eyepix Group/LightRocket via Getty Images) Viviana Parra, one of the instructors at the school, said 600 students have been preparing the dough since Tuesday to make the bread fragments. Día de los Muertos marigold flower sales plummet It will be set up on Saturday at the city's Cultural Arts Center and will resemble a catrina, a skeletal woman dressed in elegant attire. The display is expected to be 400 square meters, or about 1,300 square feet in diameter. Social media invitation to a Día de los Muertos display featuring the a world-record setting bread display at Tijuana's Cultural Arts Center. (Courtesy: Universidad Vizcaya de las Américas) "It's a project being created for the community on this festive holiday showing off our culture and cuisine," said Parra. She also said people who come to see the display will be given samples and leftover pieces will be donated to 40 shelters, food banks and others in need. Visit the BorderReport.com homepage for the latest exclusive stories and breaking news about issues along the U.S.-Mexico border "We have the support from Tijuana Without Hunger Foundation to distribute the bread, we don't want to waste any of it, we want people to enjoy it." Parra says it will take three days to bake the 43,000 pieces for the display.