Colección: Catrinas

El Origen de la Catrina

“La Catrina” no proviene de los mexicas.
Es una sátira creada por el caricaturista José Guadalupe Posada que en tiempos del juarismo y el porfiriato se burlaba de los mestizos e indígenas que iban subiendo de nivel económico y pretendía ser europeos y renegaban de su propia raza, herencia y cultura. Se les llamaba los “garbanceros”, precisamente por dedicarse al cultivo y venta de garbanzos.

Entonces José Guadalupe Posada, creó “La Calavera Garbancera” para expresar que los garbanceros andaban «...en los huesos, pero con sombrero francés con sus plumas de avestruz».

Diego Rivera la re-nombró “La Catrina”, de la palabra “catrín”, que definía de forma despectiva a la clase social alta, y la eternizó en su mural: “Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central”, (la calavera con su estola de plumas aparece junto a José Guadalupe Posada, Diego Rivera como niño y Frida Kahlo).

Colanotación del Dr. Regino Montoya

The Origin of La Catrina

"La Catrina" does not originate from the Mexicas. It is a satire created by the caricaturist José Guadalupe Posada during the Juarez era and the Porfiriato, mocking the mestizos and indigenous people who were rising economically, aspiring to be European, and disowning their own race, heritage, and culture. They were called "garbanceros," precisely because they were involved in the cultivation and sale of chickpeas.

So, José Guadalupe Posada created "La Calavera Garbancera" to express that these individuals were "...thin as skeletons, but with a French hat adorned with ostrich feathers." 

Diego Rivera renamed it "La Catrina," derived from the term "catrín," which derogatorily defined the upper social class, and immortalized it in his mural "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central." In this mural, the skull with its feathered stole appears alongside José Guadalupe Posada, a young Diego Rivera, and Frida Kahlo.

Connotation by Dr. Regino Montoya