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Bienvenidos!
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In March we celebrate beloved heroes who made great sacrifices for the people and nations they loved. In honor of them, we encourage you to make a difference within your community, your family and friends. Volunteer to help someone. You could be a friend to a lonely latch key child, mentor someone who would appreciate your experience and guidance, or volunteer to a worthy nonprofit. One person can make such a world of difference. Your heart will be well rewarded.
Should you like to share your story of inspiration, please submit it to us. We look forward to hearing from you.
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News About Our World
Update
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 The American Friends Service Committee’s widely acclaimed traveling exhibition, “Eyes Wide Open,” is visiting Los Angeles in mid-March. The outdoor art exhibit graphically shows the human cost of the Iraq War to the United States in the form of empty boots. We encourage everyone to see it.
 As of mid-March, there had been 1,691 coalition troop deaths, 1,517 Americans, 86 Britons, eight Bulgarians, one Dane, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Hungarian, 21 Italians, one Kazakh, one Latvian, 17 Poles, one Salvadoran, three Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 17 Ukrainians in the war in Iraq as of March 15, 2005 according to CNN. That is 439 more deaths since we (at Olvera Street for Dia De Los Muertos) created the altar on October 28, 2004, and is not counting the estimated 100,000-200,000 Iraqi deaths.
To learn more about both exhibitions, click here!
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A Méxican Holiday
in March
Benito Juárez Birthday
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 March 21 is an official Méxican holiday celebrating the birthday of Benito Juárez, the famous Mexican president and national hero. “Viva Juarez!”
To learn more about this beloved man, click here!
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What’s New!
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 Photographer, Juliane Backmann, exhibits her journey of “Dia De Los Muertos In Oaxaca, Mexico” online.
To view her exhibition, click here!
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What’s Happening
in Olvera Street
March 2005
Blessing of the Animals
Saturday,
March 26, 2005
Noon - 5 PM
Blessing at 2 PM
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You and your pet(s) are invited to join us to celebrate our annual Blessing of the Animals on Olvera Street on the Saturday before Easter (Sabado de Gloria), March 26.
 Join the pageantry of the wonderful array of pets, both domestic and exotic. Brightly adorned animals and their human companions will assemble in the historic Plaza. At 2 p.m., a procession, led Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony and the Olvera Street merchants will wind its way up the street and past the platform where the Cardinal will bless each animal as it goes by.
Olvera Street near Downtown Los Angeles has celebrated the Blessing of the Animals since 1930.
To learn more about the history of the “Blessing of the Animals”, click here!
To view our Fiestas at Olvera Street for 2005, click here!
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MEXICAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE
“CESAR E. CHAVEZ DAY”
Olvera Street
Thursday, March 31, 2005
10:00 am -3:00 pm
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 The only Latino to have a state holiday declared in his name, Méxican American labor leader Cesar Chavez’s influence goes well beyond the lettuce and grape fields of Central California to Cesar Chavez Boulevard on Olvera Street’s northern border. Cesar E. Chavez’s birthday will be celebrated on Olvera Street on March 31. Chavez founded and led the first successful farm workers' union in U.S. history and was the recipient of the highest medals citizens can be awarded by both the presidents of the United States and México.
To learn more about him, click here!
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Recent History
Fiesta’s on Olvera Street
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As Angelinos, we have been given the gift of living in so many cultures. Last month, Olvera Street was proud to celebrate the traditions of life in México, France and China. We enjoyed the sharing the culture and festivities with our visitors, family and friends. The celebrations were complete with music, costumes, and a colorful procession throughout Olvera Street. These events were free to the public.
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Mardi Gras
Tuesday
February 8
12 pm - 10 pm
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 American college students home from Paris in the 1820s brought the bizarre party rituals of Mardi Gras to New Orleans, Louisiana. The scholars had celebrated Mardi Gras in France, and now home, they saw no reason to stop.
The tradition has held, and today in New Orleans, Paris and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Mardi Gras (“Fat Tuesday”) means a traditional huge annual funfest.
Here in Los Angeles, it doesn't take much to awaken the spirits of Olvera Street, and Mardi Gras was a great excuse to join in. On Fat Tuesday, February 8, from the stroke of midnight until 10 p.m., Olvera Street featured Brazilian singing and dancing, a colorful parade, floats, a costume contest, and a burning of a piñata representing evil spirits.
To learn more about the history and our schedule of events click here!
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Chinese New Year Parade
Saturday
February 12
12 Noon
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 The Chinese Lunar New Year is the longest chronological record in history, dating from more than 4000 years ago. It will be “Gung Hay Faht Choy” as Chinese New Year was celebrated on Saturday, February 12 with a 12 Noon New Year’s Parade from Olvera Street to Chinatown in Downtown Los Angeles.
The 4703 Year of the Rooster festivities continued throughout the day on Olvera Street and Chinatown.
To learn more about the history and our schedule of events click here!
To learn about your Chinese Zodiac, click here!
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CHINESE AMERICAN MUSEUM
4th Annual
“LANTERN FESTIVAL”
Saturday
February 19
12 pm - 6 pm
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 The following Saturday, February 19th, the 4th Annual Lantern Festival was held at the Chinese American Museum at the El Pueblo Historic Monument on Olvera Street from Noon to 6 pm.
Lantern making workshops, entertainment, artisans, and exhibits were featured;
The event was free to the public!
To learn more about the history and our schedule of events click here!
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What’s New!
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Olvera-Street.com also has a new page, “Events Around Town,” to highlight events in our community. If you know of an event, please visit Olvera-Street.com to submit it.
We are currently developing much more for our visitors; we will also have an “Employment Opportunity” page and a children’s section coming soon.
Bookmark Olvera-Street.com and visit us often to find out about the latest arts, fundraisers, business mixers, screenings and much more. We hope you will visit us often in February and throughout 2005.
Please e-mail this page to anyone you think may be interested.
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Quote
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“We can choose to use our lives for others to bring about a better and more just world for our children.”
Cesar Chavez
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May all your wishes and dreams come true.
We hope you will have a wonderful time!
John Trausch, Editor & Ginette Rondeau, Director
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please contact our Webmaster@ProjectWWW.com
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