"La Catrina". One of the most important icons representing Mexican culture around the world is "La Catrina". This peculiar personage, that at the moment in great part of the world is recognized and used like a costume in Halloween and of course in Mexico the Day of deads is one of the characteristic figures of these days. This elegant female figure has more than 100 years of history. "La Catrina" was created by the Mexican cartoonist, a native from Aguascalientes, José Guadalupe Posada and was originally called "La Calavera Garbancera", whose word came from those who sold chickpeas, who, being poor, appeared to be rich and wanted to hide their roots indigenous. This group of merchants pretended to have the lifestyle of Europeans. José Guadalupe Posada perfectly captured this social criticism in the form of mockery towards these indigenous people, who had enriched themselves and despised their origins and ...
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