The Waverly School Celebrates Day of the Dead / Dia de Los Muertos

The Waverly School’s Spanish 2 students under Teacher Bret celebrated the Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos, by painting calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls). Skulls symbolizes every man, woman and child. Death comes for all, death comes for the young, or the old or man or woman. The familiarity of the school lessens the fear of death. The skulls also represent every man, woman and child in the after life going about their business and lives as normal. The use of the skull in catholic iconography is common in the Retablos and Bultos of the Southwest. the Southwestern style of art, as well as the use of the skull comes with the settlers who struck north to settle the land. The skull in catholic art represents impermanence, or, much the same as the Mexican usage, to inform the viewer that you will die and all will be known.

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