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Rubén Pachas

Schaumburg, IL

Midwest Culture Bearers Award

FY2025

Ten young children, five boys and five girls, wearing traditional Peruvian dance outfits and fruit necklace. The girls wear an embroidered skirt and a blanket on their back and fauna and boys wear black pants and a blanket on their back.
Photo Credit: Manuel Gutierrez

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