The opening post in this series on Oaxaca and Día de Muertos began with Jose Guadalupe Posada’s depiction of La Calavera Catrina, a smiling skull in a European hat casually dangling her arm over the side of a building. The ending blog post of the series revisits her transformed bearing the basket of flowers balanced on her head with an upraised arm, her hair braided with ribbon, a magenta rebozo drapped over her shoulders and a vivid ultramarine blue hoop skirt for the joyous spinning and pirouetting of the Guelaguetza.
Exploring Culture and the Photo Essay
