Fourth catrina parade along La Rambla
October 27th. 2025
Mexcat and Amics de La Rambla organize this parade to promote the celebration of the Mexican Day of the Dead
On Sunday, November 2, at 12pm, Amics de La Rambla and the Mexican-Catalan cultural association Mexcat organize the fourth edition of the Catrinas Parade on La Rambla.
The Catrinas parade is a fun and festive activity open to everyone who wants to participate, with the intention of spreading the culture of the Day of the Dead in Mexico through the representation of the catrinas, a popular and typical figure associated with this tradition.
The catrinas are well-dressed, elegant, skeleton-shaped characters, traditionally feminine, that have had some variations over the past decades. Now there are male and female catrinas who share a love for dressing well, for extravagance, for creativity, for baroque style, and for fashion. They have an antique look although they often incorporate contemporary elements. With a solemn and serious air, they sometimes also include craziness and frivolity. The catrinas are always surprising.
Mexcat and Amics de La Rambla invite everyone to walk along La Rambla assimilating the most typical aesthetics of the Mexican Day of the Dead with the freedoms and motifs they wish to apply to their outfits and makeup, and incorporating - if they see fit - references to La Rambla and Barcelona while preserving the essence of traditional catrinas.
The walk will start in front of Teatre Poliorama on Sunday, November 2, at 12pm and will descend La Rambla towards La Rambla Santa Mònica.
An independent jury, which will evaluate aspects such as makeup, costumes, originality, use of recycled elements, spectacle..., will award prizes to the most original and artistic catrinas.
