The ambassador was introduced by Bankside Open Spaces chair Tim Wood. The image given to Crossbones is an authentic Catrina made in Mexico and will remain a permanent feature of the site. His inspiration was the work early 20th century Mexican cartoonist José Guadalupe Posada who said: "We are all skeletons". La Catrina first appeared 75 years ago in a mural by artist Diego Rivera and has become the Day of Dead symbol. Sometimes favourite dishes of the dead are placed in front of pictures on home-made altars. It is a family and community occasion when the recent departed are remembered by partying with special food at home or during the night at the graveside. Mexican Day of the Dead is a celebration observed over the first two days of November, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Thousands of people – especially those on the margins of society including prostitutes from Bankside's brothels – are thought to be buried at Crossbones in Union Street where burials continued until 1853. Her Excellency Josefa Gonzalez Blanco was present at Crossbones on Friday afternoon for a Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration.
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