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  • Members of other performing groups joined Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance," dancing well into the night. Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Dancers from Yaocuauhtli and other groups perform at the sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 in Salinas was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • In their sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance," Xochinecuhtli Alvarez (Nectar of a Flower) of the Salinas dance group Yaocuauhtli looks to the sky. Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • The powerful sound of the "huehuetl" drums drives Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Ehecatl Chantico Moreno (Wind and Fire of the Home) conducts a ceremony during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance. Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • In their sixth annual performance called "Day of Indigenous Resistance," Xochinecuhtli Alvarez (Nectar of a Flower) of the Salinas dance group Yaocuauhtli looks to the sky. Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day on October 12th, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_004.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • Marcial Ramirez, right, and Rosalia Reyes dance during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Young Eduardo Rubio dances during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Ehecatl Chantico Moreno (Wind and Fire of the Home) welcomes dancers inside the circle during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Dancers salute the elements during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance." Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
    130827 JD eaglewarrior29.jpg
  • Ehecatl Chantico Moreno (Wind and Fire of the Home) conducts a ceremony during Yaocuauhtli's sixth annual gathering called "Day of Indigenous Resistance. Held as a deliberate counterpoint to Columbus Day on October 12th, which is also sometimes called "Day of the Races," or "Hispanic Day," the event on October 11th, 2012 was meant to highlight long-standing New World traditions, saying "We are Aztecas, Zapotecas, Mexicas, Toltecas, Huicholes, Trikis, Mayas, Incas, Tarahumara, etc," and encouraging everyone to express pride in their pre-Colombian identities.
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_029.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_028.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_027.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_026.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_024.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_020.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_018.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_017.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_016.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_014.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_010.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_009.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_007.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_002.jpg
  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
    JDunn danzas_001.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally conceived of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride. Photo for Hoy by Jay Dunn.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
    JDunn Sol_0029.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
    JDunn Sol_0022.jpg
  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • Mexico, Veracruz, Oct 27- Nov 4, 2009. For the last twenty-five years, Chicago resident Polo Garcia, a former dance teacher turned folklorist-ethnographer, has gone in search of the cultural traditions of Hispanic America, documenting for future generations indigenous dance movements so ritualized they are often passed on from memory by village elders. Using audio, video and still photography, Garcia spends up to half of each year abroad or in his native Mexico, returning with new material to instruct children as well as teachers in Chicago public schools.  <br />
Photographs commissioned by "HOY" newspaper. More at MexicoCulturalCalendar.com
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • USA, Chicago, July 30 - August 2, 2009.  "Fiesta del Sol," one of the largest Latino festivals in the USA, began in 1972 as a block party. Originally concieved of as a fund-raising event by the Pilsen Neighbors Community Council, which focuses on grassroots issues such as education, healthcare, housing and immigrant civil rights, it is now a full-bodied celebration of roots, achievement, and Hispanic pride.
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  • A woman receives her blessing on Ash Wednesday at Sacred Heart in Salinas.
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  • Taking a quiet moment before early morning Palm Sunday services at St. Mary's in Salinas.
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  • In the doorway of St. Mary's in Salinas, a young parishioner makes an Palm Sunday entrance.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Thousands of people turend out on Sunday for the traditional El Grito Festival in Salinas, which celebrates Mexican Independence Day.
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  • Residents enjoy the shade at a bus stop during Sunday’s “El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • New "El Grito" Queen Raquel Velasquez, 16, after being crowned by Carlos Ponce Martinez, left, consul general of Mexico to San Jose. Sunday’s celebration in Salinas marked September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • The lead singer of Los Nuevos Sauceda gets the crowd rocking at Sunday’s “El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Hata were necessary for Sunday’s "El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling patriotic souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Gabriela Florencia Arellano, 6, was in a patriotic mood for Sunday’s “El Grito” celebration in Salinas marking September 16th's anniversary of Mexico’s independence from Spain. The annual fiesta, which occupies East Alisal Street between Wood and Sanborn, brimmed as usual with booths selling souvenirs and all manner of food and drink. Local businesses and nonprofits manned booths with information about health and community programs, while traditional “bandas” filled the afternoon with dance music and good cheer.
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • A flag is held tight during the Mexican national anthem at Sunday's "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence" ceremony in Salinas.
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  • Sunday's crowds along East Alisal Street in Salinas celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule, with an afternoon long fiesta culminating in the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence."
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  • Nally Gomez, 21, receives her crown as queen from Carlos Ponce Martinez, consul general of Mexico in San Jose, at Sunday's "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence" ceremony in Salinas.
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  • The lead singer of the popular band "Tentacion" takes in the crowd's appreciation just before the reenactment of "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence" in Salinas. Sunday's crowds along East Alisal celebrated the symbolic beginning of Mexico's revolution against Spanish rule.
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  • Honorary Consul Blanca Estela Zarazua rings a replica of Father Miguel Hidalgo's church bell, representing the beginning of the Mexican revolution against Spain more than 200 years ago. "El Grito,” or “The Cry of Independence" followed the ringing of the bell, with Sunday's crowds along East Alisal in Salinas shouting "Viva Mexico."
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  • On Easter Sunday, many local families attended services at St. Mary of the Nativity Catholic Church in east Salinas, where Rev. Miguel Rodriguez and Rev. Mr. Jhonnatan Carmona spoke of hope.
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  • On Easter Sunday, many local families attended services at St. Mary of the Nativity Catholic Church in east Salinas, where Rev. Miguel Rodriguez and Rev. Mr. Jhonnatan Carmona spoke of hope.
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