BE A COLORFUL DAY IN PILSEN ON SATURDAY.

OVER 6,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO COME TOGETHER TO HONOR THEIR LATE LOVED ONES IN A 5 K RACE.

GOT THOSE WITH THOSE IS CELEBRATING ITS SWEET 16 THIS YEAR.

AHEAD OF DAY OF THE DEAD, A WELL-KNOWN MEXICAN TRADITION.

HERE'S HOW ITS FOUNDER DESCRIBES RACE DAY.

>> WE MAY SOUND CLICHE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE SAY IT'S IT'S ONE GIANT PARTY.

IT'S ONE JANE FIESTA.

AS SOON AS YOU ARRIVE, YOU HEAR MUSIC, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH DJ.

AM NOT THAT PLANE IN THE HOUSE.

MUSIC READING IS AN ARE YOU IT IT HELPED FOR CLARK DANCERS.

HE HERE EXPENSES, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE RUNNERS READY.

THE RACE KICKS OFF AT 8.

WE GO AT IT AND YOU RUN THROUGH BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, PILSEN WHICH YOU KNOW IS YOU KNOW, I CAN ARGUE IT'S THE BEST NEIGHBORHOOD IN CHICAGO, I SAYS LATINOS.

WE LOOK AND DEATH.

>> WHICH FOR SOME PEOPLE MAY COME ACROSS AS VERY MORE BID AND VERY DARK.

AND AND YOU KNOW, IT'S TRULY SAD.

LOSING A LOVED BUT WHY NOT FLIP IT CELEBRATE THEIR THEIR THEIR LIFE RATE.

SO THE OTHER THOSE TO ME IS, IS THAT IT'S IT'S IT'S A TIME TO REMEMBER, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TO THE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE.

>> SOMETIMES INITIALLY FOLKS THING IS LIKE, IS IT LIKE MEXICAN HALLOWEEN AND, YOU KNOW, WE TELL HIM THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S FAR FROM SINCE, YOU KNOW, THE START OF THE RACE, WHICH IS 2007, YOU CAN THE GROWTH OF THE OTHER WAS MY ACROSS NOT ONLY CHICAGO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH TO ME IS IS TRULY BEAUTIFUL.

SOMETIMES YOU SEE RUNNERS.

I'M WEARING SHIRTS WITH PICTURES AND IMAGES OF THEIR LOVED ONES.

RIGHT MESSAGE IS THIS IS FOR YOU IN MIND.

THIS IS THAT, YOU KNOW.

AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, VERY SPECIAL EVERY TIME I SEE THAT LIKE IT, IT IT INSTANTLY GETS TO YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THOSE WITH THOSE, IT IS COMBINATION OF BOTH.

YOU KNOW, OUR PREVIOUS PANIC ROOTS AS A CULTURE, BUT ALSO OUR APPLICANTS AS A CULTURE.

BUT WITHOUT ONE THE OTHER END OF THIS MONTH NOT HAPPENED.

SO DECIDED TO DO THIS YEAR IN THE DESIGN IS INCORPORATE THE ROUTES THAT WE HAVE.

>> I LOVE AND THE OTHER THOSE IN THE CELEBRATION DOESN'T END AT THE FINISH LINE.

THERE'S A