The Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday celebrated on November 2nd where families gather to pray and remember friends and family who have passed away. Traditions include building altars called ofrendas with photos of the deceased and their favorite foods. Pan de muerto, a sweet bread often decorated with bone shapes, is traditionally eaten. La Calavera Catrina, a famous etching by Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada, depicts a female skeleton wearing an upper class hat and represents death as an egalitarian force.