Quebec to Panama 2017-2019
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Aguascalientes - Museo de la Muerte

November 14, 2017  —  Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
The Catrina.

In the previous post, I told you about the fascination Mexicans have with death. Here is another example of it, a museum entirely dedicated to the death.

In the middle of the adjacent photo, the Catrina can be seen. She is a female skeleton dressed in nice clothes and usually wearing a hat. She is a popular character of the Mexican culture.

Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Some recent news...
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
A book about the life of the DEATH.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Old newspaper clippings about topics (festivities?) related to the death.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Here is an old and somewhat disturbing tradition. At one point in the past, people were taken photographs of themselves with dead baby relatives. Sorry, it's a bit morbid.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Newspaper clippings about a murder (left), and two suicides. Notice the gory drawing.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
The Catrina.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Eiffel Tower.
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Museo de la Muerte - Aguascalientes - Zacatecas - Mexico
Other Catrina representations.