Posts Tagged ‘day of the dead’

happy all saints’ day

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

In Mexican folk culture, the Catrina, popularized by José Guadalupe Posada, is the skeleton of a high society woman and one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico. Height: about 38 cm. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Catrinas_2.jpg - Picture taken at the Museo de la Ciudad, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico by Tomas Castelazo. Licensed under GFDL and CC by-sa 3.0, 2.5, 2.0 and 1.0.