The Fairfield community gathered Thursday night to celebrate the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos, which translates to the Day of the Dead.

It serves as a time to remember and honor the dead, and as the tradition teaches, when those we have loved and lost come back to visit.

The City of Fairfield invited the community to come together for both remembrance and celebration, featuring a candlelight walk around the city hall pond, people dressed as La Catrina, a community ofrenda, or altar, and activities for the whole family.

"It is very important because it lets us continue to bring our beliefs and our culture to our little ones, you know, like we don't let this, you know, just kind of fade away and lose this tradition," said Esmeralda Cervantes with the Solano Hispanic Chamber of Comme

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