
La Catrina is often associated with Dia de los muertos (day of the dead), Dia de los difuntos (day of the deceased) or Dia de los finados (day of the departed), a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican observance of death and life that is celebrated on November 2nd in all of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula and parts of Central America. The true story of La Catrina is one of politics and revolution.



