La Catrina
Mexican death icon
La Catrina is a skeletal female figure, elegantly dressed in fancy clothing and a wide-brimmed hat, that has become the most recognizable symbol of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations.
Originally a satirical etching by José Guadalupe Posada mocking upper-class Mexicans who adopted European fashions, she now represents the idea that death comes for everyone regardless of wealth or status.
Her image appears on altars, in parades, and as elaborate face paint during Día de los Muertos festivities.
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- calaveraDecorative skull for Mexican holiday
- Día de los MuertosMexican festival for ancestors
- Day of the DeadMexican festival for deceased
- skullHead's bone casing
death · Mexico · elegant · hat · feathers · social satire · marigolds · altar · ofrenda · bones · painted · sugar skull · sugar skulls · face paint · deceased · wide-brimmed hat · afterlife · celebration
La Catrinamemento mori
Artistic death reminder
death anxiety · thanatophobia · Victorian mourning · skull and crossbones