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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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What Day of the Dead Symbols Really Mean—Prepare to Be Surprised!
History of La Catrina, Day of the Dead Icon La Catrina’s transition into the official grand dame of Day of the Dead came ...
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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 ... Then make your own Day of the Dead mask. Celebrate Día de los Muertos from home with activities for ...
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Skulls and flowers on parade at Mexico's Catrinas procession
Many participants were made up to look like La Catrina, the name given to an elegant skeletal figure popular in Mexican culture. What is Day of the Dead and how is it celebrated? Día de los ...
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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 ...
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In pictures: Mexico City's Day of the Dead parade
Skull imagery, costumes and body paint may also play a part - and these have become the iconic Day of the Dead images that have been exported around the world at Halloween time. Catrina figures ...