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Read my editorial in the New York Times Opinion Page on Day of the Dead (Oct. 28, 2012) Codex Borgia - Ancient Mexican Manuscript Represents cichuateteo - the malevolent spirits of women who died in childbirth. (Aztec, AD 1300-1521) Diabolismo in New Spain Stone sculpture representing atzompantli (skull rack). (Maya, AD 1200) The
sugar
market at Toluca (feria del
alfeñique).
Catrina
is an icon of death invented by
José
A display of sugar skulls for Day of the Dead. Guadalupe Posada. It is a calaca or calavera, but dressed in an aristocratic manner. Posada used it as a way of criticizing the rich society of Mexico. Mestizo family ofrenda |
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