Photos: Day of the Dead celebration in Anchorage

Updated: November 4, 2018 Published: November 4, 2018

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Guadalupe Mendoza performs with Xochiquetzal Tiqun during the Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at Out North Contemporary Art House on 4th Avenue in Anchorage, AK on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The celebration featured Mexican food, face painting, and altars set up by various groups and dance performances. Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday where prayers and remembrance of friends and family members who have died are held. (Bob Hallinen / ADN)

The Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration started with a Salute to the Four Winds by Indra Arriga, and a parade began at the popup Spanish language books store and ended at Out North Contemporary Art House on 4^th Avenue. The celebration continued with Mexican food, face painting, and altars set up by various groups and dance performances in Anchorage, AK on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday to pray and remember friends and family members who have died.

Bob Hallinen

Bob Hallinen has been a photojournalist in Alaska since the 1980s and has traveled extensively all over the state. He retired from the ADN in November 2018 after 33 years at the newspaper.