28/10/2024
💛 💀 🧡 Sugar skulls are considered folk art and said to have come from Southern Mexico—they are part of the celebration for Día de los Mu***os in English: Day of the Dead. This is not the celebration of Halloween—in Mexico.
The “day” of the dead is actually two days of remembering loved ones who have passed away and welcoming their spirits home. I feel like they’ve got this holiday down way better than I’ve ever celebrated Memorial Day! Color, sugar skulls, spirits, paper flowers, candles, good food and marigolds. It seems like a celebration of inclusivity bringing the living and the dead together.
Episode Art: Calavera de la Catrina (Skull of the Female Dandy), from the portfolio 36 Grabados: José Guadalupe Posada, published by Arsacio Vanegas, Mexico City, c. 1910, zinc etching, 34.5 x 23 cm. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:La_Calavera_Catrina #/media/File:Posada2.Catrina.jpeg
🎧 https://audioboom.com/posts/8204429-the-sweet-mystery-of-sugar-skulls
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