Catrina

It is not only associated with the day of the death, its beginning dates back to the Aztec Empire, with “ Mictecacihuatl” the figure of the goddess of death who kept the bones of the dead people because they could be used. Time after, in 1910, it became a popular comic symbol of death, which is democratic, since we all end up in the same way, no matter race, culture or social status, and it was initially known as the Garbancera (person who sells chickpeas) skull, created as a protest by Jose Guadalupe Posada, painter, illustrator and caricaturist, during the time of the Porfiriato before the Mexican Revolution. In honor of the people who, despite having indigenous blood, claimed to be European and denied their own culture, stopping selling corn to sell chickpeas! Also known as Malinchistas. Originally she only wore a hat with feathers. It was not until 1947 when the muralist Diego Rivera gave her a more symbolic touch of death with a fine and elegant outfit, baptizing her as the Catrina, which today is one of the icons with which Mexico is known throughout the world, as the most famous illustration to commemorate the day of the dead in Mexico, when the dead visit their loved ones on this day to eat and drink with them.

As a curious fact, El Catrin, the male version of the Catrina, even having the same beginning of false appearance of elegance in the porfiriato, does not look like a skull in the Mexican lottery game, since it was inspired by the personality of the famous Don Memo “ Don ferruco in the alameda”.