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  2. Calavera - Wikipedia

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    Sugar skulls before decoration. Sugar skulls offered for sale in Mexico. Large sugar skull offered for sale in Mexico. "Calaveritas" (little skulls) made of chocolate and sugar for sale in Mexico. Traditional production methods with molds have been used for a long time. The process involves using molds to cast the calaveras. Production can be a ...

  3. La Calavera Catrina - Wikipedia

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    La Calavera Catrina ("The Dapper [female] Skull") had its origin as a zinc etching created by the Mexican printmaker and lithographer José Guadalupe Posada (1852–1913). The image is usually dated c. 1910 –12. Its first certain publication date is 1913, when it appeared in a satiric broadside (a newspaper-sized sheet of paper) as a photo ...

  4. Day of the Dead - Wikipedia

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    A common symbol of the holiday is the skull (in Spanish calavera), which celebrants represent in masks, called calacas (colloquial term for skeleton), and foods such as chocolate or sugar skulls, which are inscribed with the name of the recipient on the forehead. Sugar skulls can be given as gifts to both the living and the dead. [35]

  5. A celebration of life after death: 'Sugar Skull!' tells the ...

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    Oct. 7—The beauty and tradition of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrating our ancestors is brought to life on stage through "Sugar Skull! A Día de Muertos Musical Adventure." The performance ...

  6. What Are Sugar Skulls? Learn All About the Day of the Dead ...

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  7. Alfeñique fair - Wikipedia

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    Traditional sugar-made figures in Mexico. The Alfeñique fair (Spanish: feria del Alfeñique) is an annual event that takes place in the city of Toluca, Mexico in which vendors sell traditional sugar skulls with names labeled on the forehead, as well as candy in a variety of shapes, in order to celebrate the Mexican holiday Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead).

  8. How to Carve a Sugar Skull Pumpkin - AOL

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    Yes, you could make a real sugar skull for the Day of the Dead—if you have a mold and 14+ hours of drying time! But we think our gorgeously creepy and free printable skull pumpkin carving ...

  9. Alfeñique - Wikipedia

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    In the State of Mexico, the most common objects are coffins, hearses, deer, sheep, angels, fruit, and skulls made of white sugar paste. [4] In Puebla, the most common objects are skulls and coffins and the main ingredients include almonds, peanuts and pumpkin seeds mixed with sugar and egg, in the style of an almond paste. [5]