The Latinx Fiesta July 22 at Perinton Central Park Amphitheater featured a variety of dance and vocal performances!
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Members of Centro de Oro dressed in their best to compete in an ugly sweater contest Dec. 22.
Members of the Centro de Oro community gathered Dec. 22 to celebrate the holidays!
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Los miembros del Centro de Oro en la comunidad de Rochester se reunieron para celebrar las festividades el 22 de diciembre.
Members of the community gathered with the Ibero-American Development Corporation (IADC) to celebrate the Pueblo Nuevo affordable housing project on Nov. 3.
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Los miembros de la comunidad se reunirán en noviembre 3 para celebrar el proyecto de vivienda Pueblo Nuevo.
The Genesee Council of Arts hosted a learn how to make an ofrenda event Sept. 25 to educate the community on the Mexican traditions used to celebrate the Day of the Dead.
Despite the cloudy skies and a bit of rain, residents visited Parcel 5 in downtown Rochester Aug. 21 to take part in the festivities of the 51st Puerto Rican Festival. (Puerto Rican Festival of Rochester, Inc.)
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A pesar de los cielos nublados y un poco de lluvia, los residentes visitaron la Parcel 5 en el centro de Rochester para disfrutar la celebración numero 51 del Festival Puertorriqueño.
Students from Rochester City School District's Enrico Fermi School #17 gathered for the 5th Annual Children’s Peace March June 15.
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El Distrito Escolar de Rochester de la Escuela Enrico Fermí Núm. 17 tienen una reunión para la celebración Quinta de la Marcha para La Paz en Junio 15.
Pastor Ruben Serrano, senior pastor of Light of the World Assembly of God Church in Rochester, led a prayer for Puerto Rico Feb. 5 at City Hall. The Ibero-American Action League, Inc. is inviting the Rochester community to stand in prayer for Puerto Rico.
Ibero-American Action League, Inc. gathered at City Hall Feb. 5 to ask members of the Rochester community to unite in prayer for the people of Puerto Rico.
Three Kings Arrive in Rochester
Happy Three Kings’ Day!
Each year on January 6th it is customary for Latin cultures to celebrate Three Kings’ Day. During this holiday, families gather to enjoy traditional foods and activities in celebration of the day when the kings, known also as wise men, visited baby Jesus bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.
In Puerto Rico, children participate by leaving shoe boxes stocked with hay or grass and water beneath their beds on Jan. 5 in anticipation of the kings and their camels arriving in exchange for gifts.
Three Kings’ Day celebration at City Hall!
For the first time ever the City of Rochester is commemorating Three Kings’ Day, or the Feast of the Epiphany, on Monday, Jan. 6.
Three Kings’ Day is widely celebrated within the Latin culture.
The music group, Sonidos Unidos, perform as community members celebrate the passing of the Farmworkers Fair Labor Act during the annual Harvesting Justice celebration, hosted by the Rural & Migrant Ministry, Inc.
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