*[Enwl-eng] Mexico's Day of the Dead: the making of the iconic symbol 'La Catrina'

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                   Global Edition | 30 October 2023







                  This week Mexicans will celebrate Día de los Muertos, or 
Day of the Dead. A feature of all the events will be countless reproductions 
of a garish skeleton with a wide, toothy grin, wearing an extravagant hat.

                  Known as “La Catrina,” the image can be traced to José 
Guadalupe Posada, a Mexican engraver who died in obscurity in 1913. His 
broadsides featuring uncanny skeletons were sold for pennies to 
working-class Mexicans.

                  In a story of patronage, propaganda and globalisation, 
cultural historian Mathew Sandoval details how Posada’s “Catrina” was 
transformed from the subject of cheap prints into a transcultural icon who 
has appeared in parades and been featured on everything from beer cans to 
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                  How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol of Day of the 
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