La Catrina Canta is a project based on the Mexican "Dia de los Muertos", the Day of the Dead.
The custom became the Day of the Dead 2008 in theRepresentative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity inherited. The celebrations in their traditional form are considered threatened, as they are displaced by the commercial form of the Halloween festival. According to ancient Mexican belief, the dead come back once a year, to celebrate with the people, to eat and drink.
Our project continues this tradition, and interweaves it with new elements and musical influences. La Catrina Canta is also a song about one's own mortality and a declaration of love for life.
UA October 2021
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The Day of the Dead (Dia de los muertos) is an integral part of Mexican culture and an important day of celebration, on which the dead are commemorated. It is celebrated on the eve of All Saints' Day(31. October) until the memory of All Souls' Day on 2. November. In the lecture before, the festival is presented and comparisons to other cultures are also made. It is also said to be about the repression of the traditional festival, similar to the celebrations of All Saints' Day in Austria, be discussed through the commercial orientation of the Halloween festival.
The custom became the Day of the Dead 2003 declared by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity and 2008 in theRepresentative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity inherited.
The Day of the Dead is not a day of mourning. Rather, it is a colorful, sometimes also exuberant celebration. The streets are decorated with flowers, of the bright orangeCempasúchil and colorful altars commemorate the deceased. The various musical traditions for the Day of the Dead will also be presented. According to ancient Mexican beliefs, the dead come to visit from the afterlife once a year at the end of the harvest season and celebrate a joyful reunion with music together with the living, Dancing and good food.
Everywhere you can see the image of the Calavera Catrina. Catrina is a mostly pejorative term for a wealthy person. The figure was probably created by the Mexican engraver José Guadalupe Posada, to make fun of the pre-revolutionary Mexican upper class. At least since the painter Diego Rivera La Catrina in his paintingSunday Dreaming in the Alameda Immortalized, the figure became a general Mexican cultural asset.
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