LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Students at the College of Southern Nevada transformed classrooms into colorful tributes complete with candles and pan de muerto to honor loved ones who have passed during the college’s Día de los Muertos celebration.

The event, organized by CSN’s Office of Diversity Equity and Inclusion, invited students and staff to create altars and contribute to a community altar where anyone could add photos of loved ones or pets.

“This is a very special tradition for Latin American countries. We celebrate that day when our loved ones come to visit us and we expect them with altars where we decorate them with a very special traditional flower called marigold and Spanish cempasúchil,” said Lorena Rodriguez Rios, program manager for the Office of Civic and Cultural Engagemen

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