A calaca (Spanish pronunciation: [kaˈlaka], a colloquial Mexican Spanish name for skeleton) is a figure of a skull or skeleton (usually human) commonly used for decoration during the Mexican Day of the Dead festival, although they are made all year round.

2022年10月30日 · The famed skeleton figure La Catrina, inextricably associated with Day of the Dead, is just one example of a calaca. Missionaries tried to stamp out Mesoamerican beliefs about death, or at least co-opt them into Catholicism, but they were never completely successful. Instead, imagery and meanings keep evolving along with Mexican society.

The act of painting a human face to resemble a skull, sometimes known as facepainting, "sugar skull" make-up, Catrina, or Calaca face paint, is not a traditional practice during Day of the Dead (except for Catrina impersonators). However, it has become popular in recent years, particularly in urban centers. [13][14]

2018年11月2日 · Calaca（西班牙语发音： [kalaka]，一个墨西哥口语的西班牙语骨骼名称）是在墨西哥死亡节期间常用于装饰的头骨或骨架（通常是人类）的形象，尽管它们全年都有。

卡拉卡人偶（Calaca）， 墨西哥 死者之日（墨西哥 万圣节，每年 11月1日 、 11月2日）中 骷髅 状的装饰物。 “卡拉卡”为墨西哥语中，骷髅之意。

Calaca, officially the City of Calaca (Filipino: Lungsod ng Calaca), is a component city in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 87,361 people.

2022年9月19日 · There's meaning behind these molds and why they're made out of sugar. It all dates back to the Spanish conquest. While a tradition of honoring the dead already existed in Mexico at the time, the Spaniards brought about new learnings and customs and with that the idea of molding decorations from ingredients easily available. Sugar was accessible to Mexicans at the time, even those with little ...

2022年10月26日 · The famed skeleton figure La Catrina, inextricably associated with Day of the Dead, is just one example of a calaca.

Con estos ejemplos queda demostrado que nuestra relación con la calaca y otros símbolos de la muerte sorprende, asusta o divierte mucho o poco a la mayoría de los mexicanos; como deidad entre las culturas prehispánicas o como ente “trágico y maligno” para los fieles de la Iglesia católica durante la época colonial y después en el ...

Una calaca (expresión coloquial de español mexicano y español salvadoreño para esqueleto) es una figura de una calavera o esqueleto (generalmente humano) usada comúnmente para decoración durante el festival de Día de Muertos, aunque son hechas durante todo el año.