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Oct 29, 2020 · In what became known as Día de Muertos on November 2, the Latin American Indigenous traditions and symbols to honor the dead fused with non-official Catholic practices and notions of an afterlife...
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Oct 30, 2018 · The Day of the Dead (el Día de los Muertos), is a Mexican holiday where families welcome back the souls of their deceased relatives for a brief reunion that includes food, drink and celebration....
Nov 1, 2023 · HOUSTON, Texas -- La Calavera Catrina, or the elegant skull, is a tall female skeleton wearing a lavish hat and a wide smile. It has become a recognizable symbol of Dia de los Muertos. While...
Pan de muerto and calaveras are associated specifically with Day of the Dead. Pan de muerto is a type of sweet roll shaped like a bun, topped with sugar, and often decorated with bone-shaped pieces of the same pastry. Calaveras, or sugar skulls, display colorful designs to represent the vitality and individual personality of the departed.
Oct 8, 2022 · Many people around the world recognize her from Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico: La Calavera Catrina. She might grace a family ofrenda, stand as a ceramic doll in a shop window, or appear in a painted face in a Día de Muertos parade. But where did come from, and what does she mean to Mexican culture?
Mictecacihuatl was known as the “lady of the dead.” She ruled the underworld, and watched over the bones of the dead, which the Aztecs believed were a source of life in the next world. Her...
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Oct 29, 2023 · A life of obscurity. When Posada first engraved her in 1912, she wasn’t even called La Catrina. In the original print, she’s Calavera Garbancera, a title used to refer to indigenous peasant...
