Catrina Skull Cufflinks

gemelolandia.com - Cufflinks for shirt of the Catrina skull of the Day of the Dead, made of steel with rhodium and a layer of transparent resin in lens shape, size 19 mm

The Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration of pre-Hispanic origin that honors the deceased on November 2, begins on November 1, and coincides with the Catholic celebrations of All Souls' Day and All Saints. It is a Mexican holiday, which is also celebrated in some Central American countries, as well as in many communities in the United States, where there is a large Mexican and Central American population.

UNESCO has declared the Mexican holiday as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The Day of the Dead is also a day celebrated in Brazil, as Dia dos Finados, although this holiday does not have the same pre-Hispanic roots as the Mexican holiday. The origins of the celebration of the Day of the Dead in Mexico predates the arrival of the Spanish.

There are records of celebrations in the Mexica, Mayan, Purépecha and Totonaca ethnic groups. Rituals that celebrate the lives of ancestors have been performed in these civilizations for at least three thousand years. In the pre-Hispanic era, the practice of preserving skulls as trophies and displaying them during rituals that symbolized death and rebirth was common.