Those attending Día de los Muertos Community Day at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday had to pass under depictions of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
Families packed the Santa Barbara Bowl on Sunday for Día de los Muertos Community Day and live music, dance, artist- and community-made altars and face painting. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
David Bowie was one of a few 2016 celebrity deaths to be memorialized at Día de los Muertos Community Day. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
Elaborately decorated altars were dedicated to the dead. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
(Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
(Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
Grupo Bella play music for Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo) 
Dancers from Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles perform at Día de los Muertos Community Day. (Sam Goldman / Noozhawk photo)
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