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Children in Mexico grow up playing with skeleton toys like this one.\u00a0 The toys teach them about mortality, but also make sure their first impressions of death are cheerful.\u00a0 Craftsmen have made toys specifically for the Day of the Dead since at least the mid-1800s.\u00a0 Folk artist Gumercindo Espa\u00f1a Oliveres, known as Don Chinda, made this skeleton toy, as well as the other toys on display in our current exhibit, Life After Death: The Day of the Dead in Mexico<\/i><\/a>.\u00a0 He has been making toys with the help of his wife, children, and grandchildren for over 40 years in Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas, Guanajuato.\u00a0 His toys often have some element of movement.\u00a0 As this one rolls forward, the skeleton on the cart sits up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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