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"Around 20 people celebrated the Salvadoran flag raising in Manchester this Friday. Among them were immigrants from other Latin American countries and Americans who appreciate multiculturalism.
Maria Perez is a Salvadoran state representative from Milford who remembers her country for its lush vegetation, rivers and its people. She organized the event to see her motherland flag raised in Manchester for the first time. Her goal was to include Latinos and people from other cultures.
“I don’t want [other] groups that are underrepresented to feel excluded,” she said.
Perez honored her country wearing a white embroidered blouse and a red skirt with indigenous patterns from El Salvador, while Jason Bonilla, a Manchester school board member, wore a Salvadoran soccer T-shirt. He was also an event organizer."
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