The Catrina Relief Project.
In Mexico, we celebrate Day of the Dead in Spanish called Día de los Muertos, and the holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
This holiday has it origins from the Aztec calendar, the Day of the Dead was on the ninth month of the Aztec calendar. The festivities were dedicated to the goddess known as the "Lady of the Dead", corresponding to the modern Catrina.
The Catrina also known as the Lady of the Dead, was invented in early 1900's, and is the representation of how the Mexican natives were embrace by the French and Europe traditions, also establishing a socioeconomic difference between the Mexican natives and the European culture who conquered Mexico.
In the 1900's and sadly nowadays the social classes are extremely segmented and the highest class is the most fortunate and enjoyed many privileges; to the contrary, the lower classes are nearly invisible, but there is still people who tries to work hard to become visible and reach a medium for a better status quo.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu
In Mexico, we celebrate Day of the Dead in Spanish called Día de los Muertos, and the holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
This holiday has it origins from the Aztec calendar, the Day of the Dead was on the ninth month of the Aztec calendar. The festivities were dedicated to the goddess known as the "Lady of the Dead", corresponding to the modern Catrina.
The Catrina also known as the Lady of the Dead, was invented in early 1900's, and is the representation of how the Mexican natives were embrace by the French and Europe traditions, also establishing a socioeconomic difference between the Mexican natives and the European culture who conquered Mexico.
In the 1900's and sadly nowadays the social classes are extremely segmented and the highest class is the most fortunate and enjoyed many privileges; to the contrary, the lower classes are nearly invisible, but there is still people who tries to work hard to become visible and reach a medium for a better status quo.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” Sun Tzu
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