An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow
confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.

- Martin Luther King

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

EAST ELMHURST NEIGHBORHOOD


East Elmhurst is a culturally diverse area in New York City, in the northwest of the borough of Queens.
The neighborhood has in majority immigrants from Latino America, like community of Mexicans, Colombians, Peruvians, Ecuadorians,......
Colombian community does big celebration for Colombian Independence Day on July 20, with a festival in Flushing Meadows Park. The people make different type of food with the most popular dishes of each region of country. Also Colombian artists come for performance.
This event has many activities for kids and adults make the people feelings more closer to Colombia.
One week after the festival , have a Colombian parade at Northern Blvd from the 75Th Street to Junction Blvd, the people can see a lot things of Colombian culture.

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