La Calavera Catrina
"La Catrina has become the referential image of Death in Mexico, it is
common to see her embodied as part of the celebrations of Day of the
Dead throughout the country; she has become a motive for the creation of
handcrafts made from clay or other materials, her representations may
vary, as well as the hat."
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"On October 31, All Hallows Eve, the children make a children's altar to invite the angelitos (spirits of dead children) to come back for a visit. November 1 is All Saints Day, and the adult spirits will come to visit. November 2 is All Souls Day, when families go to the cemetery to decorate the graves and tombs of their relatives. The three-day fiesta filled with marigolds, the flowers of the dead; muertos (the bread of the dead); sugar skulls; cardboard skeletons; tissue paper decorations; fruit and nuts; incense, and other traditional foods and decorations. "
—Frances Ann Day, Latina and Latino Voices in Literature
Day of the Dead - Wikipedia
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