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October 29, 2026 | Dressed for Celebration
During Dia de los Muertos celebrations, women and girls in Mexico commonly dress as the famous skeletal figure known as La Catrina. In the early 1900s, artist José Guadalupe Posada created the character to satirize Mexicans who embraced European customs—a figure cloaked in European clothes, while its "bones" remain Mexican. Later popularized by artist Diego Rivera, La Catrina is the most recognizable symbol of the holiday and embodies Mexican identity.
