Icons of Death in Mexican Folk Art

Authors

Rodrigo Suarez, Brigham Young University
Linda A. Sullivan, Brigham Young University

Keywords

icons, death, Mexican folk art, symbolic death

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Art

Abstract

Death has always remained a mystery to humanity. Nearly every culture and religion has its theories regarding the afterlife; some believing in the afterlife and others in the continuity of life through reincarnation. However, there are probably very few events of human life that at the same time are so unknown and yet so ritualized as death is. Almost every nation has a holiday to honor the faithful departed, celebrate the continuity of life or simply reflect on the mysticism of death. And the Mexican tradition is one of the most ancient rituals still alive and celebrated as it has been for nearly 2,000 years.

Recommended Citation

Suarez, Rodrigo and Sullivan, Linda A. (2013) "Icons of Death in Mexican Folk Art," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 2090.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/2090