Community gets involved in Dia de los Muertos in Mission Viejo – Orange County Register

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

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

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 a Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

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

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

Nico Ortiz of Mission Viejo, and others, check out ofrendas, or alters, remembering loved ones or celebrities who have passed on, on display in the Norman P. Murray Center, during a Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 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, talks to customers at her booth in the artisan market outside the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo during Saturday’s Dia de los Muertos celebration on Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

Norman P. Murray Center visitors stop at various booths lining a corridor of the center during a Dia de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, Oct. 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, Oct. 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, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

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

Constanza Chereti, 6, of Chino gets half her face painted as a colorful skull during a Dia del los Muertos celebration at the Norman P. Murray Center in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

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

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

Sue Stinson of Laguna Hills photographs one of the ofrendas, or alters, honoring loved ones or celebrities who have passed on, on display in the Norman P. Murray Center, during a Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mission Viejo on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Photo by Jeff Antenore, Contributing Photographer)

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