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Re: [ranchos] La Catrina

 
Emilie,

As I remember, Posada created a caricature of the overdressed upper class types in 19th Century Mexico.  El Catrin = "dandy" and la Catrina is the feminine form of the word.  La Catrina was a person but a generic stereotype.  Posada did not intend the caricature to be a complimentary one.The only other people I heard use the word "catrin" were the pachucos in the late 1940's and the early '50's.  They used it to describe someone who was dressed up and looked "sharp".  I grew up in Southern Cal and saw many pachucos including family members.

David in Albany, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: "Steve G. Apodaca" <sgapodaca@...>
Sent: Jul 5, 2005 4:12 PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos] La Catrina

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Here is a link to the picture of La Catrina<BR>
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<a href="http://muertos.palomar.edu/posada/skelhat.JPG";>http://muertos.palomar.edu/posada/skelhat.JPG</a><BR>
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There are several of Posada's drawings in the following page. Just <BR>
scroll down to &quot;Calaveras&quot;<BR>
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<a href="http://muertos.palomar.edu/posdad.htm";>http://muertos.palomar.edu/posdad.htm</a><BR>
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Steve.<BR>
OC,CA<BR>
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--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, &quot;Emilie Garcia&quot; <BR>
&lt;auntyemfaustus@h...&gt; wrote:<BR>
&gt; Ok, now, who is La Catrina?&nbsp; Even my husband, who was more into <BR>
the culture until the age of 12 in El Paso, doesn't know either.<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; Emilie Garcia<BR>
&gt; Port Orchard, WA<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; ----- Original Message -----<BR>
&gt; From: Natalie<BR>
&gt; Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 4:38 AM<BR>
&gt; To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com<BR>
&gt; Subject: [ranchos] Dia de los Muertos<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; I don't remember &quot;celebrating&quot; this holiday as a youngster (in <BR>
the&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; 40's &amp; 50's), either. And it is only in the last 10-15 yrs that I&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; have been exposed to this custom.<BR>
&gt; In the past two years the Smithsonian has had public programs for&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; DDLM, (one day affairs) with music (strolling mariachi), dance,&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; displays, and crafts.<BR>
&gt; The Mexican Cultural Institute (Washington, DC), in the building <BR>
that&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; formerly housed the Embassy of Mexico, have hosted a DDLM exhibit <BR>
the&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; past 3 yrs - with a magnificent altar in their blue &amp; white tiled <BR>
sun&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; room, reception, and music. Last year there was even a woman <BR>
dressed&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; as La Catrina.<BR>
&gt; About 6 or 7 yrs ago I began putting up an altar in my yard (then&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; moved it to the porch). I would put it up a day or two before&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; Halloween - so trick or treaters would get an education when they&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; came for their treats. I deviated from the standard of <BR>
remembering&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; and honor family members by remembering friends and family who <BR>
had&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; died in the previous 12 months - I would just post a list. I got <BR>
a&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; lot of ideas online on how to set it up. It has evolved over the&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; years. Now my two oldest grand-children (ages 5 &amp; 3) look forward <BR>
to&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; helping me set up the altar. As they grow older maybe they will <BR>
have&nbsp; <BR>
&gt; an understanding of honoring the antepasados.<BR>
&gt; Thanks to all for sharing the cemetery memories - very informative.<BR>
&gt; Happy Fourth! * * * (fireworks!)<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; Natalie<BR>
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