Calavera is the Spanish word for "skull". During the festivities of the Dead of the Dead it is common to see calaveras de azúcar, which means, "sugar skulls." Often brightly colored and highly decorated, they are left on altars and shrines as offerings to the dead or given as gifts as a sweet treat. They are meant to be symbols of mortality and as one of my Mexican friends said, "reminders to live for the day."
Friday, January 09, 2009
Calavera...
Calavera is the Spanish word for "skull". During the festivities of the Dead of the Dead it is common to see calaveras de azúcar, which means, "sugar skulls." Often brightly colored and highly decorated, they are left on altars and shrines as offerings to the dead or given as gifts as a sweet treat. They are meant to be symbols of mortality and as one of my Mexican friends said, "reminders to live for the day."
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Those just make me happy! Thanks!
It makes me happy that it makes you happy! I LOVE your ceramic sugar skulls! I definitely am going to have to pick one up!
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