Template:Potd/2008-10-16 (en)

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La Catrina – In Mexican folk culture, the Catrina, popularized by José Guadalupe Posada, is the skeleton of a high society woman and one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.
Height : about 15 inches - 38 cm. Picture taken at the Museo de la Ciudad, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico... a public place

 Template:Potd/2008-10-16

This is the English translation of the Picture of the day description page from 16 October 2008.

La Catrina – In Mexican folk culture, the Catrina, popularized by José Guadalupe Posada, is the skeleton of a high society woman and one of the most popular figures of the Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico.
Height : about 15 inches - 38 cm. Picture taken at the Museo de la Ciudad, Leon, Guanajuato, Mexico... a public place

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