She comes dressed in velvet and feathers.
Tall and swaying left to right, she walks as if the world was only hers.
She has no voice, and yet you’ll hear her.
She has no eyes, and yet she’ll see you.
And she’ll come on the night the dead dance on the streets.
 

La Calaca Garbancera a.k.a. Catrina

La Calaca Garbancera (The Insolent Skeleton) is a fantastic entity created by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada. This sarcastic and insolent skeleton was later rebaptized as Catrina by the muralist Diego Rivera.

Catrina was born as a political commentary. In her first appearance, Catrina was completely naked except for a large and glamorous hat. With this image, Posada was reflecting an economic and social reality for...

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