HERITAGE
New York City’s Latin culture draws from an extraordinary web of heritage lines — the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the European colonizers who reshaped the hemisphere, the African nations whose descendants forged new traditions, and the Asian communities who arrived through indentured servitude and later migration. More recent arrivals, from Lebanese to Japanese communities, have woven themselves permanently into Latin identity across generations. Explore events, artists, and cultural traditions organized by heritage, spanning the full breadth of the communities that make up NYC’s Latin world.
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La Fiesta de Santiago Apóstol in Loíza is one of Puerto Rico’s most Beautiful Patron Saint Festivals
LOÍZA, PUERTO RICO Sunday, July 25, 2021 🇵🇷
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Carlos Acosta, the Cuban Ballet Legend, is “Yuli”
Sunday, July 14, 2019 LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ This inspiring movie tells the life story of Cuban ballet dance legend Carlos Acosta (Royal Ballet, Acosta Danza)
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Afro-Latino Festival 2019
African American, Brazilian, Calypso, Colombian, Dominican, Downtown Brooklyn, FOOD, Haitian, Mexican, MUSIC, Panamanian, SalsaFri-Sat, July 12-13, 2019 DOWNTOWN, Brooklyn
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Argentinos en NY “Noche Argentina” cumbia & rock en español
Saturday, July 6, 2019 HELL’S KITCHEN, NYC ~ Celebrate Argentine Independence Day by dancing all night at this Argentine dance party
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Holman Trio plays Indigenous Chilean Jazz at Lincoln Center
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Live music Indigenous Chilean jazz LINCOLN CENTER ~ Ancestral Chilean rhythms, cueca (Chilean national dance) and traditional jazz. FREE
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Quechua, the Inca Language of the Indigenous Andes
QUEENS, NEW YORK PATERSON, NEW JERSEY – PERU, ECUADOR, BOLIVIA PARTS OF CHILE & ARGENTINA
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May Sumak Film Festival 2019
June 14-16, 2019 Friday-Sunday GREENWICH VILLAGE, NYC & CORONA, Queens ~ Annual film festival of movies in Indigenous Quechua languages of the central Andes, that screens in New York City and Quito, Ecuador
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Portugal Day Festival and Portugal Day Parade 2019
STREET FAIR Sat-Sun, Jun 8-9 PARADE Sun, Jun 9, 2019 NEWARK, New Jersey | Metro NYC’s big Portuguese celebration
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Children’s Festival of Taíno culture
FINANCIAL DISTRICT, NYC | Sat-Sun, May 18-19, 2019 | Children’s festival | Taíno arts and crafts, dancing and storytelling for the family