Calavera
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A calavera is a type of traditional Latin American ornament or treat used on the Dia de Los Muertos ("Day of the Dead"). They are primarily made of sugar and are shaped in the image of skulls–usually with colorful designs. Many families have their own traditions in the calaveras for example, in Mexican and Mexican American families it is traditional for each member of the family to have a sugar calavera with their name in it. Calavera means skull in Spanish.
A calavera is also used to refer to a humorous poem, written around the Dia de Los Muertos, about someone who has died.
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