A community celebration was held at East Aurora High School over the weekend as Athziry Día de Muertos and the city of Aurora offered a Dia de los Muertos event.

The free five-hour event on Sunday included live music, food, dancing and more in honor of the upcoming Dia de los Muertos – Day of the Dead – which is traditionally celebrated on Nov. 1-2 in Mexico and across Latin America to honor loved ones who have passed away.

Jose Torres, a member of the Aurora Hispanic Heritage Advisory Board and the Athziry Foundation, said the event has been held for 17 years and was moved this year from downtown Aurora “in an effort to provide a place where people feel safe.”

“We had this downtown and I was thinking about a space and East High is cooperating with us and we believe people will feel mor

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