Community Gets Involved in Dia de Los Muertos in Mission Viejo – Orange County Register

Sasha Puell of Lake Forest stands on stage during the La Catarina costume contest during the annual celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer )

Masked and costumed dancers from Grupo Folklorico Nuevo Amanecer of Lake Forest perform in the ballroom during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Amber Garcia of Mission Viejo answers questions about her costume and Mexican heritage during the La Catarina costume contest during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, photographer cooperating)

Sisters Sasha Puell (left) of Lake Forest and Claudia Puell of Mission Viejo show off their elaborate costumes for the La Catarina costume contest during the celebration of Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo Saturday, October 26, 2024 r. (photo: Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Musicians from Mariachi Romanza perform on stage at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo during the Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Dancers from the Esperanza Flores Ballet Folklorico Dance Company of Chino perform in the Norman P. Murray Center ballroom during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Nico Ortiz of Mission Viejo and others view rendas, or alters, honoring loved ones or celebrities who have passed, on display at the Norman P. Murray Center during Mission Viejo’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October, December 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Celine Bochon, left, of Rancho Santa Margarita, and her daughter Garanze Bochon, 12, build traditional Dia de los Muertos flower crowns during a celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Lynda Agee, owner of Titanium Butterfly Creations, chats with customers at her booth at the craft market in front of the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo during Saturday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Visitors to the Norman P. Murray Center stop at various booths along the center’s corridor during the Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Trinity Marquez, 15, performs with the Esperanza Flores Ballet Folklorico Dance Company at the Norman P. Murray Center during Mission Viejo’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Amy Hernandez (9) performs with the Esperanza Flores Ballet Folklorico Dance Company at the Norman P. Murray Center during Mission Viejo’s annual Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Claudia Puell of Mission Viejo answers questions about her costume and Mexican heritage during the La Catarina costume contest during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, photographer cooperating)

Constanza Chereti (6) of Chino has half of her face painted in the shape of a colorful skull during the Dia del los Muertos celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Dancers from the Esperanza Flores Ballet Folklorico Dance Company of Chino perform in the Norman P. Murray Center ballroom during the annual Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Sasha Puell of Lake Forest showed off her colorful and detailed face paint for the La Catarina costume contest during the Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Sue Stinson of Laguna Hills photographs one of the ofrendas, or alters, honoring loved ones or deceased celebrities, on display at the Norman P. Murray Center during Mission Viejo’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)

Farzi Khamee of Mission Viejo constructs a flower crown during one of the Norman P. Murray Center’s arts and crafts activities during Mission Viejo’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, October 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, contributing photographer)