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Oaxaca, DĂa de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), magnificent disguise commemorating Aztec heritage
ITS THE FIRST OF NOVEMBER!!!
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It's original name is Calavera Garbancera (Chickpea Skull) and was created in Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada and Porfirio DĂaz governments to express the discontent of the people and was a symbol of social and political denunciation that eventually became a traditional wear for day of the dead. This wear is called La Catrina, its not a representation of dead itself but that of a dead woman, and it was created by cartoonist JosĂ© Guadalupe Posada.
(this 👇 is the original calavera garbancera engraved in metal)
Back then texts called calaveras alegres (cheerful skulls) were written by middle class people critiquing in a mocking way the upper class and the country's situation and were published in "combat newspapers" - this texts were accompanied by drawings of skulls and skeletons dressed in gala clothes, drinking pulque, riding on horseback and in high society parties but all of this in lackluster neighborhoods to represent the misery, the political mistakes and society's hypocrisy.
Origin of the name cheakpea skull: cheakpea merchants were notorious for being indigenous people that tried to pass as European and denied they're indigenous origins and their culture. They would dress in high class clothes but live very precariously. Posada tried to convey that in this work of art that was a critique to the Mexicans that were poor but tried to sustain an European lifestyle that they couldn't afford.
Originally she was naked except for a very big and elegant hat with ostrich feathers. Diego Rivera dressed her up and gave her the name La Catrina when he painted this mural 👇
(Catrin was the name given to extremely elegant and wealthy Mexican aristocracy in XIX)
Posada said this about his inspiration: "Death is democratic. Blonde, brunette; rich, poor; everyone ends up being skulls" and this quote is basically the reason she became so traditional on the day of the dead, since it represents so well mexicans point of view about it.
And the texts that accompanied her (the cheerful skulls) became the calaveritas literarias (literary skulls) which are traditionally Mexican verse compositions that are written on the eve of the day of the dead as a manifestation of culture to make fun of both the living and the dead, and remember that we are all going to die. They are written in a satirical or burlesque language and are very short texts that reflect all the spirit and festivity in the face of death.
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Some of my favorite day of the dead inspired drags by la mas draga contestants.
red rabbit duo
sophia jimenez
jobstar
debra men
deborah la grande
BONUS: letal (a judge)
A traditional cultural garment expresses an identity through clothing, which is usually associated with a geographic area or a period of time in history. It can also indicate social, marital or religious status. The clothing is used to represent the culture or identity of a specific ethnic group, it is also known as ethnic dress, ethnic wear, ethnic clothing, traditional ethnic wear or traditional ethnic garment. Such clothing often come in two forms: one for everyday occasions, the other for traditional festivals and/or formal wear.
The catrina is a traditional cultural garment. Its culture. It's not a costume. Its traditional clothing wore in a traditional festival/holiday that's associated with a period of time and a political and social denunciation of hypocrisy.
Its not worn everyday because it's a festival traditional garment and thats the whole fucking point.
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LA CATRINA
La Catrina es un personaje creado por el pintor, ilustrador y caricaturista mexicano de Aguascalientes, JosĂ© Guadalupe Posada, es la figura que más se asocia al DĂa de Muertos y a la muerte en general, siendo uno de los iconos con los que MĂ©xico es conocido en el mundo entero.
Cabe mencionar que la versiĂłn original de La Catrina es un grabado en metal del artista.
Su nombre original es “La Calavera Garbancera”, “garbancera”. Originalmente, la calavera no está vestida, Ăşnicamente utiliza un sombrero, lo que se ha interpretado como una crĂtica a la pobreza en que vivĂan los mexicanos.
"…en los huesos pero con sombrero francés con sus plumas de avestruz" José Guadalupe Posada.
No fue hasta 1947 cuando el muralista Diego Rivera usĂł a este personaje, dándole el atuendo elegante que hoy en dĂa todos conocemos, bautizándola como "La Catrina", en su mural “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central”.
En la actualidad la figura de "La Catrina" es la imagen más representativa del DĂa de Muertos y MĂ©xico. Hoy en dĂa es uno de los disfraces y maquillajes más utilizados, dejĂł de ser un dibujo en papel para convertirse en un elemento de la cultura mexicana totalmente vivo.
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