Wednesday, November 02, 2005

Dia de los Muertos alter


Alter items commemorate dead family members on the ofrendas at the home of Roberto C. Flores in Beaumont on Oct. 28, 2005. The alter was created in anticipation of the Mexican traditional Dia de los Muertos, which occurs each Nov. 2.

Photos by Mark M. Hancock / © The Beaumont Enterprise


Alter items commemorate dead family members on the ofrendas at the home of Roberto C. Flores in Beaumont. The traditional Mexican holiday translates to "Day of the dead" and allows the family to honor and celebrate the lives of those who have died.


Roberto C. Flores poses for a portrait with his family's ofrendas, alter to commemorate dead family members, at his home in Beaumont.

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