Los borrachos by Leonardo Linares VargasAsociación de Amigos del MAP
The mexican is particularly known for his way of relating to the phenomenon of death, stripped of the fear and anguish that in other latitudes causes the fear of hell and eternal punishment.
for him, death is nothing more than one more phase of life itself, similar to corn that, in order to continue its life cycle, had to be buried in order to be reborn again.
In this way, he naturally aproaches her, and on the day destined to celebrate his reunion with those who preceded him on the journey, he prepares to receive and entertain them.
Calaveras by Felipe LinaresAsociación de Amigos del MAP
In its honor, he raices altars in his house, with food and drink; adorns their graves with flowers and candles, and offers them their favorite dishes, from which they will take only the smell while copal and incense are burned.
Calavera futbolista by DesconocidoAsociación de Amigos del MAP
Around this celebration, cardboard skulls based on characters from everyday life portrayed as skulls are made in Celaya and Mexico City.
Many of them are usually represented as in the engravings of José Guadalupe Posadas.
Among the most commons skulls are:
A couple dancing the jarabe tapatío, couples, musicians, zapatistas, a drunk from a bar and many others in happy reunion of skeletons.
Catrín by Roberto Sandoval RiveraAsociación de Amigos del MAP
Some other elements created for these festivities are skulls, catrinas and catrines, quartered skeletons, dancers, multicolored and decorated skulls.
skeletons of famous persons from the town, burials, processions, little graves, offerings and cut skulls.
Caja con muerte by Antonio Muñoz RuizAsociación de Amigos del MAP
Other techniques:
In addition to the cardboard, the skulls and skeletons are made in various techniques such as clay, sugar, popular painting, among others, and the dimensions can range from miniatures to monumental representations.
In the polychrome pottery from Metepec, State of Mexico, we find a great diversity of pieces with the theme of death:
Charrería mexicana by José Luis Díaz GarcíaAsociación de Amigos del MAP
carts in wich oxen and occupants show their emaciated figures; wedding processions, charros, mariachis and all kinds of figures that populate the world of "the beyond" as a happy copy of "the there"
Photography:
Nicola Lorusso
Estudio Kristina Velfu
AmigosMAP
Georgina Luna Parra
Gabriela Andrade
Brenda Trevisán
