OMG the 4th Peruvian Festival of New Jersey is this Sunday July 12 2009 - should I attend?

The Peruvian Festival of New Jersey is perhaps the biggest Peruvian festival in the United States, it brings about 25,000 people to the city of Newark -an hour away from New York City- who gather to celebrate Peru's Independence Day with a live Peruvian music concert, food stands, an eating area and a children playground.

This year the organizers Latino Network are bringing Afro Peruvian diva Eva Ayllon, and Peruvian Cumbia groups Hermanos Yaipen from Monsefu and Bareto a popular group from Lima, and other artists like Silverio Urbina and Victor Tanamachi.

For more information visit the festival's official website.

4th Peruvian Festival of New Jersey

Sunday July 12, 2009
11:00 AM to 8:00 PM

162 Mulberry Street
Newark, NJ 07102
(Across from Prudential Center
two blocks from Newark Penn Station)



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This festival should be fun and I will try to make it, but I am turned off by the program when they include that horrible character called "Chola Chabuca" which makes fun of Andean women. Also, my friends keep warning me of Peruvians in New Jersey, they have a reputation of being malcriados. Ha, just like me.

Now, here is my dilemma: I want to attend this NJ festival, but the same day is the Peruvian Festival in VA. But both have included TV characters that I find to be offensive and racists: Tongo and Chola Chabuca. Maybe I should stay home? hmmm... I can smell the Peruvian food already. Darn.

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