Mexico celebrates Day of the Dead

A public holiday, it sees families praying for the departed souls. The day also sees people dressed as La Calavera Catrina, a character created by cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada, participating in the Procession of the Catrinas. (AFP)

Updated on: Oct 26, 2015 7:18 PM IST

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A public holiday, it sees families praying for the departed souls. The day also sees people dressed as La Calavera Catrina, a character created by cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada, participating in the Procession of the Catrinas. (AFP)

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La Calavera Catrina (Dapper Skeleton) was created as a zinc etching sometime around 1910-1913. (AFP)

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La Calavera Catrina shows a female skeleton dressed like an upper class European of her era. (AFP)

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La Calavera Catrina was a satire on those Mexican natives, who in pre-revolutionary Mexico, aspired to adopt European aristocratic traditions. (AFP)

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Woman with their faces painted as The Catrina look at a selfie taken during the Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico City on October 25, 2015. (AFP)

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A woman and her baby painted as Catrinas pose before taking part in the Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico City. (AFP)

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A boy painted as Catrin poses before taking part in the Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico City on October 25, 2015. (AFP)

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Women painted as Catrina take part in the Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico City. The cartoon character was popularised by artist Diego Rivera. (AFP)

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Catrina has become an icon of the Mexican Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. (AFP)

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A couple dressed as The Catrina and The Catrin and another woman dressed as the cartoon character pose the Procession of the Catrinas in Mexico. (AFP)