Umani Festival comes to downtown Moses Lake
Giovanni DeLeon wipes his customized 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham lowrider, one of a number of lowriders on display along Third Avenue in downtown Moses Lake during the Umani Festival, a celebration of Hispanic heritage organized by the Moses Lake Public Library and the Downtown Moses Lake Association last Saturday.
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The music group Mariachi Huenachi, a group of high school students from Wenatchee who play traditional Mexican music, perform in Sinkiuse Square in downtown Moses Lake as part of the Umani Festival, a celebration of Hispanic heritage held last Saturday.
Lowriders and tents lined Third Avenue, where businesses and nonprofits as varied as custom airbrush painter Eddy Velez from Othello and OIC Washington showed off their goods and services during the Umani Festival, a celebration of Hispanic culture, in downtown Moses Lake on Saturday.
A custom sign marking the Umani Festival. Events like the festival help recognize the contributions of Hispanic residents in Moses Lake and Grant County in general. Hispanic Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 this year.
MOSES LAKE — Two blocks of downtown Moses Lake were blocked off Saturday afternoon for food, music, classic cars and a general celebration of the area’s Hispanic culture during the Umani Festival.
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