90 Mexican skull tattoos and their meaning

Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos) is a very important holiday in Mexico and also one of the most inspiring tattoo themes. These tattoos are the most exclusive design that exists to represent this holiday that perpetuates the loved ones who have gone to that world. If you think all skulls are gloomy, this is a mistake. Sugar Skulls - or Calaveras de Asucar - are a way to soften the stigmatizing skull image and pay tribute to those you love who are no longer of this world. This is a design worth wearing.

The meaning and symbolism of these tattoos

The sugar skull, along with Katrina, is a symbol of the Day of the Dead. Every year on November 2, Mexicans throw a party at which they pay tribute to loved ones who have passed into the afterlife. But this is not a sad event, but the most joyful event: parties, sweets, piñatas, music ... all decorated with bright colors.

Sugar skulls are used to represent eternity and belief in the existence of life after death. Celebrating the Day of the Dead is a way to feel that the dead stay with us and never leave.

This day also has historical value in Mexican culture, because during colonial times, Italian missionaries who arrived in America brought with them skulls, which they used to symbolize Jesus' conversion into an eternal being. Thus, the Day of the Dead is the worship of the resurrection, the celebration of the transition from earthly life to eternal and spiritual life.