Fiesta de las Americas brought thousands of people to the heart of San Francisco's Latino Cultural District in the Mission District on Saturday.
helped organize the Fiesta which stretched down 24th Street for seven blocks, with four stages, low-rider car displays and local vendor booths. They said they worked hard to show the diversity of cultures with the music performances on stage.
Saturday's Fiesta also coincides with history. Sept. 16 marks Mexican Independence Day and the Independence Days of "In remembrance to the Independence Day for Mexico, but not only Mexico, it's Las Americas, you know all the Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, all those countries," said Maricela Medina of San Francisco, "I love to see the colors, every one representing our culture. It's beautiful."His friend, Luis Pastelil, is the owner of the Sol y Luna Hair Salon.
"Because there isn't a huge population of any one group, I think all of us learn and live with each other in a beautiful way. I'm Salvadorean and my family's from El Salvador. I love Mexican food We love Colombian food. We love Mexican music, whatever it may be," said Jon Jacobo, a San Francisco resident and Vice-President of Calle 24.
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