A skeleton symbolizes death or secrets. It could also be a symbol of an underlying truth. Many people say the phrase "skeletons in the closet" meaning that someone has a lot of secrets being kept hidden away.
It represents death and all things scary, which falls in with the over-all theme of Halloween.
Skull and crossbones can mean warning, danger or caution
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They represent the bones of a dead person
they represent the dead
A skeleton used during the day of the dead.
Well, I think you pretty much answered your own question there! ;) They signify a pathway for the spirits to follow to get to the alters built for them by their families! :D
"Dia de los Muertos" or Day of the Dead (November 1st and 2nd)
A calaca is a skeleton made by the Mexicans during the day of the dead.
people make skeleton heads by molding candy
A metaphor of a skeleton is suggesting that the skeleton is the remains of something dead, therefor to have a skeleton you have the remains of something dead or gone."There is a skeleton here" -talking about something that has gone and will never return but is not actually a skeleton.
Skeletons and skulls are used to represent Day of the Dead because they represent dualism.
The ringing of the bell will signify that it is time for class to begin.
The missing word in the proverb is "miserable." The full proverb is "A misty morning does not signify a miserable day."
Well...that saying is spanish and it means day of the dead so you can kind of see why skeletons and dead kind of go together
Black is the traditional mourning color- the color of arm , so to speak of funerals, Undertakers, coffins, hearses, etc.
dead bones