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From recounting the recipe for salsa verde to singing \u201cLa Bamba\u201d \u2014 and praise songs \u2014 to acting out \u201cRomance de la luna, luna,\u201d it was a night of fun, food and celebration of Hispanic culture at Eastern Mennonite University.<\/p>\n

The annual tradition \u201cNoche Bohemia<\/a>\u201d filled Martin Chapel on Thursday, Nov. 16, with 40 local high school students and more than twice that many others for the talent show, followed by authentic Salvadoran pupusas and fruit drinks provided by Pupuseria y Tienda Latina El Milagro<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Zury Lemus, a Spanish conversation partner, presents about her country, Honduras, during Noche Bohemia. (Photo by Anna Louise Cecil)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The various acts ranged from silly to serious. In two poster presentations, Jonathan Nielsen spoke about Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a group of Argentinian mothers advocating for human rights, and Marcy Smucker about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); her poster was titled \u201cEstados Unidos necesita a los \u2018dreamers.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The Spanish conversation assistants contributed, as well. Zury Lemus showed a video and spoke about Honduras, and in the final act, Celeste Diaz received resounding applause after her traditional Paraguayan dance with her three-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n

First-year pre-med\/biology<\/a> and Spanish<\/a> major Kayley Scottlind participated with her Spanish class in a comical interpretation of the poem \u201cRomance de la luna, luna, luna\u201d by Federico Garcia Lorca. Seeing the variety of cultures reflected in the event was \u201camazing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

At her high school, Scottlind said, Spanish was a class students took early, to get out of the way. At EMU, though, \u201cSpanish is a program that\u2019s celebrated. You actually get to speak with conversation partners twice a week, which has been wonderful for my development.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of her classmates was junior Hannah Gross. She said that Spanish students at EMU are expected to engage with the language a lot more than they were at her high school. That, she said, \u201cis a very good thing. I\u2019ve learned a lot more in the two semesters I\u2019ve taken Spanish here than I did in four years in high school.\u201d<\/p>\n

She\u2019s even caught herself doing something new: \u201cNever before did I sometimes think in Spanish, and that\u2019s sometimes happening now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Destiny Ritchie was another first-year participant; 10 of the high school students in the audience were from her alma mater, Broadway (Virginia) High School. She and her classmates sang \u201cSolo le pido a Dios\u201d and \u201cAbre mis ojos,\u201d and read the credo hispano. Studying Spanish at EMU, she said, has taken a variety of forms including dancing, singing and conversing \u2014 in class.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a lot of new things every day,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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