Oceanside CA— This was the seventh year the Dia de los Muertos celebration has been held at Mission San Luis Rey and each year the crowd seems to be getting bigger with the costumes and make-up getting better.
Over 100 vendors lined the parking lot in front of the mission with more than a dozen traditional altars, or ofrendas, built by families, set up in back decorated with marigolds from Mellano and Company of Oceanside.
Below are some of the faces of Dia de los Muertos 2015:
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Vivian 1-and-a-half, her mother Cynthia and Miranda of Oceanside
Victor Castillo, Rosario Jurado and Esme Castillo of Oceanside
Rachel, 13 of Oceanside
David and Gabby Hernandez of Orange County
Erica Kelinske of Oceanside
Kiaya Stewart of Poway
Magdalena Lugo of Vista
Maurico, Benicio and Crystal Villarreal of Fallbrook
Crystal Villarreal
Benicio 3-months-old
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Angelique and Anali of Encinitas
Cesar Chavez of Oceanside
Mireya Gutierrez Aguero
Kimberly, 4, of Oceanside
Taylor, 10 and Alize, 12 of Temecula
Silvia Robledo of San Diego
Karla Cordero of Carlsbad
Selene Romero and Joann Dominguez of Oceanside
Minerva Sanchez of Oceanside
Jose Quitero and Stacey Dorado of Oceanside
Diego, 8 of Oceanside
