Las Catrinas

"La Catrina" Popularized by José Guadalupe Posada, this Catrina is the skeleton of an upper class woman, and one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations, which occur during two days, November 1 and November 2, corresponding with the Catholic holy days of All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Although these holy days have a long cultural history reaching into the prehistoric traditions of several European cultures, many aspects of the Mexican festival have indigenous origins in an Aztec festival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. After the conquest of Mexico, the Spanish superimposed their cultural traditions upon the similar Aztec festival and a synthesis occurred.
La Catrina, as it is commonly known, was a popular print in Posada's day, but soon faded from the popular memory. Along with the rest of Posada's prints, it was revived by French artist and art historian Jean Charlot shortly after the Mexican Revolution in the 1920s. La Catrina soon gained iconic status as a symbol of uniquely Mexican art and was reproduced en masse.
Posada was a cartoonist too, and for this, the main award of the Encuentro Internacional de Caricatura e Historieta (International Cartoon and Comic Convention) is called "The Catrina". [link]

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"La Catrina" En la cultura popular mexicana, popularizada por José Guadalupe Posada consiste en el esqueleto de una mujer de la alta sociedad y constituye una de las figuras más populares en las celebraciones del Día de Muertos en México.
Altura: unos 38 cm. La fotografía fue tomada en el Museo de la Ciudad, León, Guanajuato, México en una exposición sobre obras realizadas por artesanos para el Día de Muertos. Fuente: [link]

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