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La Catrina: The 100-Year-Old Skeleton Who Was Making Fun of You
La Catrina meaning: José Guadalupe Posada etched her around 1910 to mock Mexicans pretending to be European. Diego Rivera named her in 1947. Now she's the face of Día de los Muertos.
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Is Día de los Muertos “Mexican Halloween”? No. Here’s the Difference
Día de los Muertos vs Halloween: one fears the dead, the other invites them to dinner. Different origins, different dates, different point. Plus the parade a Bond movie invented.
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Día de los Muertos Ofrenda: What Every Item on the Altar Actually Means
Ofrenda meaning, item by item: why the marigolds, the salt, the water, the papel picado, the dog, the levels, and what goes on the altar for children vs adults on Nov 1 and 2.
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Día de la Raza: Why Most of Latin America Stopped Calling It Columbus Day
Día de la Raza meaning: what October 12 commemorates, why Spain, Mexico and Argentina named it that in the 1910s–20s, and the ten different names Latin America uses for it now.