How ‘La Catrina’ became the iconic symbol of Day of the Dead


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  • Monday, 30 Oct 2023

La Catrina is an iconic skeletal figure popular in Mexican culture, especially on the Day of the Dead. — Reuters

ON April 13, 1944, thousands of people clashed with police on the steps of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The melee was unrelated to United States' participation in World War II, labour unrest or President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s controversial move to seize control of local Chicago industries

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