Attendees flocked to Franklin Park on Saturday for the primary day of the weekend-long Puerto Rican Pageant.
Spectators can soak up stay performances, genuine meals, native arts and crafts, rides and, culminating the pageant on the finish of Sunday, the parade, the place, organizers say, “he community showcases its culture through fabulous floats, colorful dance troupes, singers, dancers, and appearances by distinguished honorees.”
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Astrid Rosado, left, and her buddy Jineyska Toledo, proper, dance to the beat of Latin music through the Puerto Rican Pageant of Massachusetts held in Franklin Park Saturday. (Photograph by Paul Connors/Media Information Group/Boston Herald)
Photograph by Paul Connors/Boston Herald
Amaya Broussard, of Lynn, retains cool with a Pina colada through the Puerto Rican Pageant of Massachusetts in Franklin Park Saturday. (Photograph by Paul Connors/Media Information Group/Boston Herald)
Photograph by Paul Connors/Boston Herald
Jackeline Valverde prepares rice with inexperienced peas, or arroz con gandales, whereas cooking within the Sabor Boricua sales space through the Puerto Rican Pageant of Massachusetts in Franklin Park Saturday. (Photograph by Paul Connors/Media Information Group/Boston Herald)
Photograph by Paul Connors/Media Information Group/Boston Herald
Andy Ortero dances to Latin music through the Puerto Rican Pageant of Massachusetts held in Franklin Park Saturday. (Photograph by Paul Connors/Media Information Group/Boston Herald)
