Catrines The catrines are a character that they are related with Dia de Muertos, however litle or nothing has to do its origin with this celebration. The catrines as a character appeared in the middle of the XIX century, people used to use this word to name those who pretended showing a life style that it's didn't correponded their incomes, another meaning of this word was and currently has it is to name people who is wearing their best clothes: I am dressing as a catrin! She was dressed as a catrina! These two sentences show this meaning. In the Early XX century José Guadalupe Posada popularized the catrina representing it as a skeleton with best clothes and a big hat to make fun about people that prefered don't eat well to be able to buy fine clothes, in the colloquial languaje it would be said that they preferred to die of hunger in order to pretend a life style. Over the years the Posada's catrina became part of the celebration of Day of Deads, there is always be a catrina in the altar and women and men will dress up as catrines in these days. The catrina make up is a white face with dark eyes, nose and cheeks trying to imitate a skeleton, the catrina clothes generallynis a long dress with a bis hat or a crown of flowers, or the clothe can be the best clothes of the person who is dressing up as a catrina, in this case, the image show a catrina with the traditional costum of Zinacantán, Chiapas, one of the most beautiful costums of my country.