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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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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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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 ... Indigenous areas of Mexico, during the 1980s Day of the Dead celebrations began to become popular ...