99-year-old Catarina Orduña Pérez had only one wish before she passed away.
She was lovingly known as Doña Cata throughout her small town of Misantla in the eastern state of Veracruz in Mexico and she was known for her affinity for penises.
Doña Cata had repeatedly told friends and family that when she died, she wanted her tomb adorned with a penis.
Mota Limón thought it was just grandma being grandma: bold, spunky, and playful, but he didn’t think she was serious. Before she died though, he asked her about the longstanding request.
He told Vice, “She told me that it was her desire so that no one would forget her and that everything we loved about her would be remembered more easily,” he said.
After Doña Cata’s death on Jan. 20, 2021, “we talked as a family and decided to make her dream come true.”
Understandably, not everyone in Misantla is happy with the penis statue.
Mota Limón says, “Of every 10 people, I think that around seven see (the statue) positively, and if they don’t see it as a good thing, they at least respect (Doña Cata’s wishes),” he said. “There’s others, who in their conservative values are very closed-minded, very square, who see it poorly.”
Doña Cata's grandson said that the family had discussed the backlash when planning the statue and were prepared for the “onslaught of criticism.”
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