Flashing smiles and donning sequin skirts, dancers swayed to the beat of folkloric Peruvian music at the third Latino Culture Night.
Camaradas, the Chicana/o Latina/o Graduate and Professional Student Association, sponsored the exploration of Peruvian culture through poems, music, food and traditional dances on Nov. 18 in the CUB.
Rodrigo Gonzalez-Abraham, a co-chair for Camaradas, said it is important to have events like these to educate students about different cultures.
“I had a friend that asked someone where Peru is, and they actually answered India,” he said. “We want to show that to people that there is a lot of diversity from country to country.” Abraham said when people come to the U.S. from places such as Colombia or Peru, they are often categorized as Mexican.
“We are not only Latinos or Hispanics,” he said. “We are Peruvians, and we are Colombians. We share a lot of things, but we also differ in a lot ways.” Alejandro Del Pozo Valdivia, a graduate student studying entomology, moved to Pullman from Peru this past January to get his master’s degree. After living in Lima, Peru’s capital, moving to the U.S. was a huge change, he said. READ FULL STORY
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