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Calavera. A sugar skull, a common gift for children and decoration for the Day of the Dead. A calavera ( Spanish – pronounced [kalaˈβeɾa] for "skull"), in the context of 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 ...
Literary Calavera. 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" (short for "Calavera ...
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County " is an 1865 short story by Mark Twain. It was his first great success as a writer and brought him national attention. [ 1] The story has also been published as " Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog " (its original title) and " The Notorious Jumping ...
José Guadalupe Posada. Calavera oaxaqueña, 1903, one of his many broadsheets. José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar (2 February 1852 – 20 January 1913) was a Mexican political printmaker who used relief printing to produce popular illustrations. His work has influenced numerous Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical ...
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 ...
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 ...
Life on the Mississippi is a memoir by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River before the American Civil War published in 1883. It is also a travel book, recounting his trips on the Mississippi River, from St. Louis to New Orleans and then from New Orleans to Saint Paul, many years after the war.
Pan de muerto and calaveras are associated specifically with Day of the Dead. Pan de muerto is a type of sweet roll shaped like a bun, topped with sugar, and often decorated with bone-shaped pieces of the same pastry. [31] Calaveras, or sugar skulls, display colorful designs to represent the vitality and individual personality of the departed. [30]