Update: For 2011 information go here: El Grito y Fiestas Patrias 2011
El Hispanic News is sponsoring the 4th Annual El Grito y Fiestas Patrias celebration Tuesday, September 15th at Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Entry is free and the party begins at 12 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. In addition to folkloric and Aztec dancers and live mariachi, salsa, cumbia, and pop music, the event will include food and beverages for sale, community booths, vendors, and the Mexican tradition known as El Grito de Independencia.
El Grito y Fiestas Patrias celebrates the independence of Mexico and other Latin American countries from Spain. As Mexican President Felipe Calderón presents the nation’s traditional El Grito in Mexico City, so too will Portland commemorate Mexican independence in the same manner in Pioneer Courthouse Square, with a presentation of the revolutionary cry for independence, El Grito de Independencia, by Consul General Enrique A. Romero Cuevas at 9 p.m. Portland Mayor Sam Adams will also be on hand to proclaim September 15 as the “Day of El Grito y Fiestas Patrias Celebration” in the City of Portland.
The entire press release is here (pdf).
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DO YOU NEED ANY HELP TO SET UP OR VOLUNTERR BOOTHS OR SUCH? I’D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED SOMEHOW.
GRACIAS.