As Muertos Fest prepares to bring hundreds of people to downtown San Antonio, organizers and artists are highlighting one of the celebration's most recognizable traditions: Da de los Muertos face painting.

Kara McClendon and Yessenia Lerma joined GMSA at 9 to talk about the process behind the designs and the cultural meaning carried in the painted faces often seen during Da de los Muertos events.

The face painting is more than decoration.