On November 1 and 2 , Mexicans will celebrate one of its most important traditions : the Day of the Dead ( Día de Muertos )!
For two days, people in Mexico set up altars , dress up as skeletons known as Catrina and Catrín , and host parties to remember their loved ones who have passed away.
Furthermore, Día de Muertos ( Day of the Dead ) has crossed borders and oceans, most prominently, in the form of an elegant skeleton lady of La Catrina and a male skeleton known as Catrín .
The Catrina skeleton was created by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada in 1912. Posada published the first illustration of this great dame of death under the name of La Calavera Garbancera as a form of social criticism against indigenous women who rejected their roots and posed as European.
In 1947, painter Diego Rivera created a mural "Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central" (“Dream of a Sunday Afternoon along Central Alameda”), where he painted a full-bodied skeleton lady and called her La Catrina , the feminine version of the Catrín , a bon vivant dandy .
Nowadays, national and international tourists visit Mexico City to learn more about the Day of the Dead traditions , altars , parades , and cultural and gastronomic festivals, including the Mega Procesión de las Catrinas . Every year, people get their Day of the Dead face makeup done by professional makeup artists in Reforma avenue and later parade around the city.
This year, EL UNIVERSAL in English and Mega Body Paint Méxcico teamed up to create two skeleton makeup tutorials for its readers!
This beautiful Catrina makeup tutorial is can be recreated using either professional or regular makeup . You can also add glitter , rhinestones , and integrate different colors to create an amazing Day of the Dead makeup !
The amazing makeup artists also created another easy Day of the Dead makeup for our readers! This Catrín is a simple yet elegant and vivid facepaint look!
Happy Day of the Dead !
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