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Cinco de Mayo Latino Festival Unites Latino Community in East Palo Alto

Photos by Gerardo Herrera. P360P

Cinco de Mayo Latino Festival Unites Latino Community in East Palo Alto
Celebration of May 5, 2023 at EPA. Photo: Gerardo Herrera P360

Neither yes, nor yes, women and men of all ages gathered this Sunday, May 7, in a joyful environment at the Cinco de Mayo Latin Festival, organized by the Latin Committee of East Palo Alto, which allowed us to celebrate and commemorate an emblematic date for the Mexican people, the Battle of Puebla.

Wearing folk dresses, masks, flags, and big smiles, dance and art groups marched from the elementary school at the intersection of Clarke and Donohoe Streets to Bell Street Park, located at the corner of Bell Street and University Ave. in East Palo Alto.

Residents and neighbors joined this parade, some on foot, others on bicycles, in strollers, but all wanting to celebrate.

Cinco de Mayo Latino Festival Unites Latino Community in East Palo Alto
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The park was filled with people of all ages who were able to mingle for a while to the rhythm of m