Example sentences for: calaveras

How can you use “calaveras” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Some calaveras, such as the poems, were printed in newspapers, but most were small pamphlets or single sheets that were sold on the street.

  • Posada printed many calaveras during the period of the presidency of Porfirio Díaz and during the Mexican Revolution.

  • The Mexican artist and printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada started drawing calaveras during the late nineteenth century to coincide with this holiday.

  • The altars are wonderful artistic creations, a form of folk art, with local artists participating and involving children in the making of calaveras (skeletons), papel picado (cut tissue paper), paper flowers, and other decorations.

  • Published before or during the festivities of Día de los Muertos, these calaveras carried poems that poked fun at socially prominent people such as politicians and the very wealthy.


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