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  Beauty pageant participants

  Group photo of beauty pageant participants. Mexican Independence Day, celebrated on the 15th and 16th of September, often include pageants as part of the celebration.
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  Beauty pageant winners

  Three winners of a beauty pageant. Mexican Independence Day, celebrated on the 15th and 16th of September, often includes pageants as part of the celebration.
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  Christmas angel

  Centro Cultural community member dressed up as an angel for a Christmas pageant.
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  Centro Cultural Christmas pageant

  Community members dressed up and performing a Christmas pageant on stage in Centro Cultural's main hall.
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  Post-piñata scramble

  Community members gathering up candy after a Christmas piñata was smashed in Centro Cultural's main hall.
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  Center of attention

  A woman holding her baby in the center of a ring of people. The paper poinsettia on the walls suggest that this is a Christmas celebration.
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  Nativity scene

  Centro Cultural community members recreating the story of the birth of Jesus on stage in the main hall of the community center. Participants are dressed as the wise men, angels and Mary and Joseph.
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  Children queuing for gifts

  Children getting in line in anticipation of receiving Christmas gifts at a Centro Cultural holiday party.
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  Handing out gifts

  Children receiving gifts at a Centro Cultural Christmas party.
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  Christmas gathering of founding members

  Some of the original Centro Cultural community members gathering for a Christmas party. This gathering could be at a community members house, or it could be in Centro Cultural's original community center which served the organization from 1971-1981.
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  Trumpet players

  Mariachi musicians at a Mexican Independence Day celebration.
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  Christmas carols at a holiday party

  Photograph of Centro Cultural community members singing together at a Christmas gathering in their main hall.
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  Christmas party

  Community members gathering in Centro Cultural's main hall for a holiday party.
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  Singing at a Christmas party

  Photograph of Centro Cultural community members singing together at a holiday party in their main hall.
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  Christmas gathering

  Centro Cultural community members gathering in the main hall for a Christmas celebration.
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  Singing Christmas carols

  Photograph of Centro Cultural community members singing during a Christmas event in their main hall.
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  Holiday party

  Photograph of a Centro Cultural Christmas party.
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  Decorating Christmas trees

  Community members setting up for a holiday party in the main hall of Centro Cultural
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  Opening Christmas gifts

  Children opening Christmas gifts at a Centro Cultural holiday party.
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  Sorting through Christmas gifts

  Centro Cultural community members distributing Christmas gifts. A young man in the background is recording the event with a video camera.
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  Swinging at a Christmas piñata

  Photograph of a young girl swinging at a Christmas piñata during a holiday party in the Centro Cultural main hall.
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  Wearing a piñata

  In the very bottom of this photograph, a young boy wears the remains of a smashed piñata as a hat.
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  Boy with Christmas gift

  Photograph of a young boy who just received a Christmas gift at a Centro Cultural holiday party.
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  Piñata remains

  A photograph of the scraps of a smashed piñata of the floor of Centro Cultural's main hall.