Day of the Dead: Art, Inspiration & Counter Culture
- ISBN-10
- 1783619287
- ISBN-13
- 9781783619283
- Series
- Day of the Dead
- Category
- All Souls' Day
- Pages
- 191
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Russ Thorne
Description
The Day of the Dead (Dia de los Muertos) is a festival of culture and youth, a feast of the senses and celebration of life in death. Originating in Mexico and the Latin American countries, it began as a way of remembering departed relatives, as a means of embracing rather than fearing death. The rituals, the sugar skulls, the costumes and the festivities have grown into a massive counter culture across the Western world. Art, movies, cartoons and literature have been consumed by the brilliant power of the Day of the Dead, tendered here in this lively book.
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