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Various mid shots of Catrina figures on display.2. Tracking shot of skeleton figures depicting Catrina and her male partner, known as El Catrine.3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Torres, Mexican...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eAP Television\u003cbr/\u003eCapula, Mexico 23 October 2013\u003cbr/\u003e1. Various mid shots of Catrina figures on display.\u003cbr/\u003e2. Tracking shot of skeleton figures depicting Catrina and her male partner, known as El Catrine.\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Juan Torres, Mexican painter and sculptor:\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is the part that is fabulous and extraordinary. I enjoy it and take a lot of satisfaction that because of my efforts 70 percent of the town work on this and it has been evolving with more designs, more expressions. They are even decorating the dishes with skulls and they make a living from that.\" \u003cbr/\u003e4. Mid of man decorating Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e5. Close of man decorating Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of tools used to create Catrina figures.\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close of man moving Catrina figure to show decoration.\u003cbr/\u003e8. Pan right of drying Catrina figures covered in plastic bags.\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of drying Catrina figures.\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of man pulling open kiln.\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid of baked Catrina figures.\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mid of woman painting an El Catrine figure.\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid of woman dipping brush into paint.\u003cbr/\u003e14. Wide of woman holding El Catrine figure to paint it.\u003cbr/\u003e15. Mid of woman dipping brush into paint.\u003cbr/\u003e16. Close of woman painting El Catrine figure.\u003cbr/\u003e17. Mid of man scrubbing base of Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e18. Close of woman cleaning El Catrine figure.\u003cbr/\u003e19. Close of man polishing base of Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e20. Mid of Torres fixing head onto Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close of Catrina head on work bench.\u003cbr/\u003e22. Mid of man fixing head onto Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e23. Close of man fixing head onto Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of people in workshop packing figures.\u003cbr/\u003e25. Pan left of visitors entering workshop and showroom.\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide pan left of workshop showroom.\u003cbr/\u003e27. SOUNDBITE (English) Gabriela, full name not given, vox-pop:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's something I think is unique in the world to laugh about death and live with it every day, so its good, its great. You have to get accustomed to it, but once you understand, it's something very special. I cherish it very much now.\"\u003cbr/\u003e28. Mid of local workers painting Catrina and El Catrine figures.\u003cbr/\u003e29. Close of woman painting Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003e30. Close of man painting El Catrine figure.\u003cbr/\u003eGuadalajara, Mexico - 26 October 2013\u003cbr/\u003e31. Mid of skeleton toys hanging from shop exterior.\u003cbr/\u003e32. Mid of Catrina figures on shop shelves.\u003cbr/\u003e33. Wide of people walking through Day of the Dead street market.\u003cbr/\u003e34. Mid of man and girl picking candied skulls.\u003cbr/\u003e35. Mid of girl eating next to cardboard Catrina figure.\u003cbr/\u003eCapula, Mexico 23 October 2013\u003cbr/\u003e36. Tracking shot of Catrina figures on sale at market stall.\u003cbr/\u003e37. Long shot of people looking at Catrina and El Catrine figures on sale at stall.\u003cbr/\u003e38. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Edgar Adrian, vox-pop:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's mocking death because everybody sees the dead dressed in black and it scares you. Now we see the Catrina and we laugh. We want a Catrina in our house that is dressed very elegantly with her hat and flowers and everything. It's a joke more than anything about death.\"\u003cbr/\u003e39. Pan left from young girl looking at stall to Catrina items on display.\u003cbr/\u003eOn November 2, people across Mexico celebrate the Day of the Dead - a festive occasion where spirits of deceased loved ones are welcomed back into homes.\u003cbr/\u003ePerhaps the most famous symbol of death in the country is a skeleton known as La Catrina, whose colourful clothing and grinning face embodies the strange Mexican tradition of laughing at death.\u003cbr/\u003eSpooky to some, but here in Mexico it's a sign of celebration.\u003cbr/\u003eFigures such as these - known as La Catrina - began life as a satirical cartoon character in the early 20th century called La Calavera Garbancera.\u003cbr/\u003eThe creator, Jose Guadalupe Posada, used her appearance to criticise wealthy Mexicans obsessed with European styles during turbulent years before the Mexican Revolution.\u003cbr/\u003eHalf a century later, an artist called Diego Rivera renamed the figure La Catrina and since then she has become synonymous with Day of the Dead celebrations.\u003cbr/\u003eFor Juan Torres, a Mexican painter and sculptor, this is a great time of year as production of La Catrina figures goes into overdrive.\u003cbr/\u003e\"This is the part that is fabulous and extraordinary. I enjoy it and take a lot of satisfaction that because of my efforts 70 percent of the town work on this and it has been evolving with more designs, more expressions. They are even decorating the dishes with skulls and they make a living from that,\" says Torres.\u003cbr/\u003eHere in this workshop in the Mexican town of Capula, Torres and his wife Belia Canals Henriquez began making clay Catrina figures as early as the 1980's. \u003cbr/\u003eHaving shared their craft with local workers who previously made bowls, plates and jugs, now Torres and his wife are joined by several other potters who specialise in elegant Catrina statuettes.\u003cbr/\u003eIt can take weeks to make a single Catrina figure, with each creation wearing a floor-length dress decorated with flowers, bows and ruffles inspired by popular styles in 1900's Europe.\u003cbr/\u003eEach worker has a maximum of three days to decorate the figures before the clay dries and it becomes too dry to work with.\u003cbr/\u003eAfter finishing their elaborate decoration, the figures are then left to dry. \u003cbr/\u003eThis process often depends on the levels of humidity in the atmosphere and can sometimes take weeks rather than days as the months leading up to Day of Dead coincide with the country's wet season.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Catrinas are then placed in a large kiln where they are baked at 850 degrees celsius (1,562 fahrenheit) for four hours. \u003cbr/\u003eIf there is any residual moisture the delicate figurines will crack and weeks of work will then be lost.  \u003cbr/\u003eOnce the Catrinas have been baked and cooled, it is the job of another worker here in the workshop to paint them.\u003cbr/\u003eWith each tiny brush stroke, these Catrina figures are slowly coming to life.\u003cbr/\u003eHere, some Catrinas wear gaudy pink and blue dresses, feathered serpent boas and plumed hats, while others fashion more subdued looking attire.\u003cbr/\u003eTorres and his wife Henriquez also make other types of figurines such as Catrina's male partner - known as El Catrine - who is often seen wearing cowboy, mariachis and priest outfits.\u003cbr/\u003eWhile some designs here are more elaborate than others, Torres and his wife try to give each figurine its own unique personality.\u003cbr/\u003eThe figurines on display in the couple's showroom offer a unique insight into the strange Mexican attitude towards death and the afterlife. \u003cbr/\u003eHere, natives often joke and poke fun of \"la muerte\" (death) and while foreigners can at first be shocked, they soon get used to it.\u003cbr/\u003e\"It's something I think is unique in the world to laugh about death and live with it every day, so it's good, it's great. You have to get accustomed to it, but once you understand, it's something very special. I cherish it very much now,\" says Gabriela, from Switzerland.\u003cbr/\u003eAs Day of the Dead approaches, workers in Capula are busy putting the finishing touches to their own Catrinas. \u003cbr/\u003eWhile the skeleton figurines are popular here all year round, the week leading up to November 2 is the peak selling period for these vendors. \u003cbr/\u003eDay of the Dead has deep roots in pre-Hispanic culture and the tradition is particularly strong in states such as Michoacan, where there are large indigenous populations. \u003cbr/\u003eLa Catrina is a modern-day version of the Aztec's \"Lady of the Dead,\" who was the guardian of the underworld.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think it's mocking death because everybody sees the dead dressed in black and it scares you. Now we see the Catrina and we laugh. We want a Catrina in our house that is dressed very elegantly with her hat and flowers and everything. 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