The Beauty of the Day of the DeadIt is difficult to talk about the celebration of the Day of the Dead without mentioning all the art associated with this holiday. Day of the Dead art can take many forms of folk art, for example: sugar skulls and other candies are handmade with colorful designs, masks, toys, puppets, paintings, papel picado adorned with beautiful scenes, even ofrendas they are considered art as they are organized in the most artistic way possible, theater and dance performances, colorful decorations for the Day of the Dead, etc. “Day of the Dead art is alive with smiling skulls in kaleidoscopic colors, sprinkled with a deluge of decorative and detailed designs.” Ironically, this type of artwork is often colorful and vibrant and does not portray the dead as something people should be afraid of. Many who did not grow up in a Latin American culture do not know that Day of the Dead art rejuvenates our view of death by presenting us with a vision of an afterlife full of energy and life, an afterlife that is not at all scary , but worthy of joyful celebration. It brings with it the hope that once we are dead there will be yet another tomorrow. This colorful art expression mocks death in a playful way, although some might say that mocking the dead is disrespectful, it is not, by mocking the dead with Calacas and Calaveras, we accept and honor it, instead to fear him. Skull and skeleton craftsmanship is commonly seen in ofrendas and street festivals. Skulls The largest key cultural symbol of the Day of the Dead is the calavera. Calaveras reminds us that death is real, it is part of the circle of life, and it is a point we will all have to reach. Eventually we will all end up looking like calaveras after we die, mere bones. The......medium of paper......ns. He portrayed and illustrated politicians and those who contributed to the social and political problems taking place throughout Mexico, such as calaveras. In his posters, priests, politicians, farmers and street cleaners all shared the same fate, death. When they die they will all end up being the same; money and power will no longer help to maneuver things. First, rich and poor will be equal, an idea that was very attractive during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz. His drawing of the show “La Catrina” represents exactly this; that even the rich die. All of Posada's skeleton drawings became attached to the celebration of the dead of the dead because as his drawing portrayed the dead in everyday life something that is portrayed in the calacas and esenasas of Day of the Dead. One of his famous poems was The Calavera Oaxaquena