calaveras

We write poems called calaveras, which laugh at the living.

The New Yorker Maria Semple 2011

Posada's popular art, featuring "calaveras" or skeleton figures, influenced Orozco and Rivera.

Mexico this month - July 2008

Posada's popular art, featuring "calaveras" or skeleton figures, influenced Orozco and Rivera.

Mexico this month - July 2008

He used the "calaveras" to mock human existence and express the tragic destiny of man.

Mexican lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada: Past and present 2006

He used the "calaveras" to mock human existence and express the tragic destiny of man.

Mexican lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada: Past and present 2006

He used the "calaveras" to mock human existence and express the tragic destiny of man.

Mexican lithographer Jose Guadalupe Posada: Past and present 2006

Day of the Dead: the calaveras of Jose Guadalupe Posada

Mexico's Day of the Dead - resource page 2009

The fanciful calaveras ( "skulls") are always present during Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities.

A skeleton pirate stands guard over the beautiful corredors of the Museo Nacional de la Muerte (National Museum of Death) in Aguascalientes. The fanciful calaveras ("skulls") are always present during Mexico's Day of the Dead festivities. © Diodora Bucur, 2009 2009

Day of the Dead: the calaveras of Jose Guadalupe Posada

Mexico's Day of the Dead - resource page 2009

Day of the Dead: the calaveras of Jose Guadalupe Posada

Mexico's Day of the Dead - resource page 2009