(top) Fourth Grade teacher Rocio Naranjo show school principal Lori Orum her class' alter during Edison Language Academy's Seventh Annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Exhibit on Saturday, November 7, 2009. (above) Santa Monica Police Sergent Hernandez and Officer Fujita look at the altar during at Edison Language Academy's Seventh Annual Día de los Muertos. Día de los Muertos is a Mexican holiday celebrating and honoring the lives of the deceased, and celebrating the continuation of life; the belief is not that death is the end, but rather the beginning of a new stage in life. Día de los Muertos dates back 3000 years.
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