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The Skeleton Queen: How La Catrina Became the Icon of Day of the Dead
La Catrina, also known as La Calavera Catrina, is one of Mexico’s most iconic symbols of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) ...
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Everything You Know About Day of the Dead is WRONG (The True Story Behind Mexico’s Iconic Celebration)
As Catholicism became more ingrained in Mexican society, the figure of Mictēcacihuātl was replaced with La Catrina, a symbol ...
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Day of the Dead: What is it and how is it celebrated?
This lady is dressed as La Catrina The figure of La Catrina is also a part of Day of the Dead's history. La Catrina was a cartoon drawing by the illustrator Jose Guadalupe Posada around 1910 ...
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Celebrate the Day of the Dead from Home with Music, Butterfly Science, Cultural Presentations, and Family Activities
Created around 1910, José Posada's woodcut of the elegant skeleton la Catrina (detail, right) continues to animate celebrations of the Day of the Dead. Iliana Montoya (Coahuiltecan/Saginaw ...
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Six important Día de los Muertos symbols
La Catrina has become a prominent symbol of death in Mexico, and is the inspiration for a lot of Day of the Dead makeup and costumes. People make figurines out of clay, wood or paper mache to ...