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A calavera (Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of the Day of the Dead, is a representation of a human skull or skeleton. The term is often applied to edible or decorative skulls made (usually with molds) from either sugar (called Alfeñiques ) or clay, used in the Mexican celebration of the Day of the Dead ...
The Literary Calavera or calavera literaria (Spanish: literary skull) is a traditional Mexican literary form: a satirical or light-hearted writing in verse, often composed for the Day of the Dead. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In some parts of Mexico, it is a common tradition for children and adults to write "Calaveritas" (Spanish: little skull ) for friends ...
Calavera (Spanish for skull) or its plural calaveras, may refer to: Culture. Calaveras, any of various skull-shaped things associated with the Dia de Los Muertos;
Grim Fandango is an adventure game, in which the player controls Manuel "Manny" Calavera (calavera being Spanish for 'skull') as he follows Mercedes "Meche" Colomar in the Underworld. The game uses the GrimE engine, pre-rendering static backgrounds from 3D models , while the main objects and characters are animated in 3D . [ 1 ]
La calavera: the skull: Al pasar por el panteón, me encontré un calaverón. As I passed by the cemetery, I came across a skull. 43 La campana: the bell: Tú con la campana y yo con tu hermana. You with the bell and I with your sister. 44 El cantarito: the little water pitcher: Tanto va el cántaro al agua, que se quiebra y te moja las enaguas.
The Calaveras Skull, from William Henry Holmes' preliminary debunking of it. The Calaveras Skull (also known as the Pliocene Skull) was a human skull found in 1866 by miners in Calaveras County, California, which was presented as evidence that humans were in North America as early as during the Pliocene Epoch (at least 2 million years ago), and which was used to support the idea the humans ...
La Calavera Catrina. La Calavera Catrina ("The Dapper [female] Skull") is an image and associated character originating 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 ...
Skull Mexican makeup, sugar skull makeup or calavera makeup, is a makeup style that is used to create the appearance of the character La Calavera Catrina that people use during Day of the Dead (Mexican Día de Muertos) festivities. [1]