![This costume, with corn husks and feathers and paper flowers, is worn by a member of a dance group that gathers in cemeteries and other places to mark Day of the Dead festivities (called Xantolo, the word written above the mask). The idea of combining a skeletal mask with European fashion was devised by the Mexican artist Jose Guadalupe Posada, who lived in the 19th and early 20th centuries.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/06/27/catrina-axtla-jacaraondosos-group-all-saints-day-2016_phyllis-galembo_mexico-masks-_-rituals_wide-0a8fee2c439f73f6fd719d1889569e7e86d0612a.jpg?s=600)
On festivals that range from Day of the Dead to Easter, Mexicans hide their true identity behind fantastic masks that conjure up both indigenous — and European — traditions.
(Image credit: Phyllis Galembo)
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