Calaveras

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Calavera or Calaveras, the Spanish word for "skull" or "skulls" can refer to any of several different things:

[edit] Culture

• Calaveras are a type of traditional Mexican ornament/treat used on the Day of the Dead. They are primarily made of sugar and are shaped in the image of skulls- usually with colorful designs.
• Calaveras are a type of ditty poems written around the Dia de Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) where people mock celebrities, politicians or poke fun at each other.

[edit] Fiction

• Calaveras is the name of a character in Sailor Moon manga and anime series.
• Manuel Calavera was also the name of the protagonist in the LucasArts 1998 adventure game, Grim Fandango.
• Calavera (comic) is an adult comic featuring a Mexican female assassin with razor claws named Francisca Calavera
• The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, a short story by Mark Twain

[edit] Locations

• Calaveras Big Trees State Park in California
• Calaveras County, California
• The Calaveras Fault, a geological fault located in northern California in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Calaveras Lake in Texas
• Calaveras Reservoir, California
• Calaveras Road
• Calaveras Valley, California
• Rancho Calaveras, California
• Calaveras, Texas