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Festival celebrates Puerto Rican culture

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With the strains of a live salsa band filling the air around them in Bethlehem on Saturday, Minta Ortiz and her boyfriend, Jose Rodriguez, were demonstrating how real salsa dancing is done.

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“Dirk Duncum”

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Jun 24, 2007
 
Awful just awful! You should be ashamed. Also, judging by your grammar you do not even know how to express yourself in your own english language. By the way there is a German Festival in Kutztown. This is your opportunity to walk around with food in your mouth and talk while it's full!
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Jun 24, 2007
 
Barr wrote:
I cant believe they took out the BETHLEHEM XMAS CITY FAIR , for Junk like this , Next thing you know, we will have Another country's Fair under the Bridge, How Come WE dont have a "African American Fair"?, Or a Iseralie , Or a Polish, German, Canadian, Korean , ECT:,ECT: how do they rate?...I dont get it , its Just a Fair for the GangBangers to Invite new recuits , i didnt see Anything "CULTURE" about it, all's i seen was a bunch of none english speaking People walkin around with food in there Mouths trying to talk with there Mouth's full, and throw trash all over the place , I seen People throwing cups , water bottles on the ground as they where walking napkins ect:..they dont Care they had a Brian fart and thought they where either on the south side, or in Allentown, its funny how OUR system is ... this CULTURE comes into OUR Country?, and Our childern has to learn their Language in school, the system is 1/2'd arsed Backwards !! I think events like this is LAME !! and i didnt see Bethlehem's finest Patroling the streets while this was all going on either , I guess to scared or out number'd if something would of broke out .Well i'm glad i didnt have to Hear the Music this Year !! Motorcycle show?....thats a Joke ..CrouchRockets arnt show Bikes , i'm surpised they didnt have lower Spring Kits on , Or Hydraulics , Low Rider crouchrocket <SINGING >
All my friends know the low rider
The low rider is a little higher
The low rider drives a little slower
Low rider, is a real goer
Hey
Low rider knows every street, yeah
Low rider, is the one to meet, yeah
Low rider don't use no gas now
The low rider don't drive too fast
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
Dude...you got real issues. I happen to like these things, it's fresh! Sure beats having to sometimes listen to Dad's polkas...

I'm not negatively concerned with most things cultural.

I am concerned with illegality and the culture of criminality...
Hispanic and Proud

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I must tell you that comments like these continue the hate. I was there yesterday and police were around patroling the area. I am
Latin American, born and raised in the United States. The comments made below indicated a lack of education and alot of hidden resentment because we are able to move in the Lehigh Valley and buy the home you longer can afford. The issue with the Lehigh Valley is that people do not walk past their blocks and are not educated enough to know that we are all different and should accept each other for who we are. Let's start by getting to know each other and learn that we have more in common than you think.

P.S. Get a life.
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I cant believe they took out the BETHLEHEM XMAS CITY FAIR , for Junk like this , Next thing you know, we will have Another country's Fair under the Bridge, How Come WE dont have a "African American Fair"?, Or a Iseralie , Or a Polish, German, Canadian, Korean , ECT:,ECT: how do they rate?...I dont get it , its Just a Fair for the GangBangers to Invite new recuits , i didnt see Anything "CULTURE" about it, all's i seen was a bunch of none english speaking People walkin around with food in there Mouths trying to talk with there Mouth's full, and throw trash all over the place , I seen People throwing cups , water bottles on the ground as they where walking napkins ect:..they dont Care they had a Brian fart and thought they where either on the south side, or in Allentown, its funny how OUR system is ... this CULTURE comes into OUR Country?, and Our childern has to learn their Language in school, the system is 1/2'd arsed Backwards !! I think events like this is LAME !! and i didnt see Bethlehem's finest Patroling the streets while this was all going on either , I guess to scared or out number'd if something would of broke out .Well i'm glad i didnt have to Hear the Music this Year !! Motorcycle show?....thats a Joke ..CrouchRockets arnt show Bikes , i'm surpised they didnt have lower Spring Kits on , Or Hydraulics , Low Rider crouchrocket <SINGING >
All my friends know the low rider
The low rider is a little higher
The low rider drives a little slower
Low rider, is a real goer
Hey
Low rider knows every street, yeah
Low rider, is the one to meet, yeah
Low rider don't use no gas now
The low rider don't drive too fast
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip and see
Take a little trip, take a little trip
Take a little trip with me
Bethlehem

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Barr,
How much discriminating are you, people like, the Polish,German, and any other culture has the oppartunity to have there own festival to. If they don't paticipate thats there problems,
Bethlehem

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Barr,

If you are so against, the Hispanic festival why Paticipate... I bet that you where the fist day. walking around eating and drinking. and now have a problem about.. don't HATE, stay home wach the cartoons.
aginghipster

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Jun 24, 2007
 
Staberdearth wrote:
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Dude...you got real issues. I happen to like these things, it's fresh! Sure beats having to sometimes listen to Dad's polkas...
I'm not negatively concerned with most things cultural.
I am concerned with illegality and the culture of criminality...
Nothing wrong with polka. I agree with everything else.

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Jun 24, 2007
 
aginghipster wrote:
Awful just awful! You should be ashamed. Also, judging by your grammar you do not even know how to express yourself in your own english language. By the way there is a German Festival in Kutztown. This is your opportunity to walk around with food in your mouth and talk while it's full!
Oh I love the German Fest. Hey now let's get down, let's all go to Allentown.
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Barr wrote:
I cant believe they took out the BETHLEHEM XMAS CITY FAIR , for Junk like this , Next thing you know, we will have Another country's Fair under the Bridge, How Come WE dont have a "African American Fair"?, Or a Iseralie , Or a Polish, German, Canadian, Korean , ECT:,ECT:
This city is completely biased toward Puerto Ricans. You just know they would NEVER allow a festival celebrating Scottish or Irish heritage there. Or a Portuguese festival on Southside. Or a Greek festival on Union Blvd. They'd never allow it. Oh, wait...
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What the hel- is wrong with just being an AMERICAN. If you people want your pr days ,your oktoberfests, your celtic fests, etc; why don't you just go back if it is that important to you?

“Tolerance and reason”

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Jun 24, 2007
 
Good one...
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This city is completely biased toward Puerto Ricans. You just know they would NEVER allow a festival celebrating Scottish or Irish heritage there. Or a Portuguese festival on Southside. Or a Greek festival on Union Blvd. They'd never allow it. Oh, wait...

“Call da po po ho!!!!”

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snowman Bethlehem PA wrote:
What the hel- is wrong with just being an AMERICAN. If you people want your pr days ,your oktoberfests, your celtic fests, etc; why don't you just go back if it is that important to you?
These festivals is what makes America, America! Think of how boring life would be if we didn't have them, I swear half you people would love to live in Stepford or Pleasantville, open your eyes racists, homophobes and all around ignorant thinking idiots, this is AMerica and you like anyone else has the RIGHT to leave it if you don't like it Buh-bye
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I wonder if Barr yelled at the people to pick up their garbage or expressed his dislike about the festival while he was there? Probably not, it is easier to be a racist coward behind a computer key board and make uneducated rants about everything that he hates about life! If you do not like other culture's having festivals, do not participate!
Wow just wow

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It's really amazing how much ignorance one person can actually display. Barr's poorly written rant as best I can tell doesn't have one single fact in it. Since he or she starts rambling about foreign cultural festivals from the start, let be deflate his argument from the start by pointing out that Puerto Rico is a US Territory (For the Barrs of the world out there: US Territory = US Citizen).
Also, the bike was a cruiser not a crotch rocket.
While I'm sure bigotry will never disappear completely, especially in this area, I'm glad to see that the best spokespeople for white supremacy are people like Barr. Sure he or she is attempting to spread the message of hate but its such brainless drivel that fewer and fewer will listen. Jackass....
/I'm white
// We're not all dumbasses like Barr
pathfinder

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Jun 24, 2007
 
Ralph wrote:
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This city is completely biased toward Puerto Ricans. You just know they would NEVER allow a festival celebrating Scottish or Irish heritage there. Or a Portuguese festival on Southside. Or a Greek festival on Union Blvd. They'd never allow it. Oh, wait...
What do you think CelticFest is?
Judy from bethlehem

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culture shock wrote:
I'm so glad they keep it on the south side. They already have Saucon park and are starting on Illicks Mill. Us white people should have a park where we can fly the Confederate flag or the Nazi flag or any flag we wanted to. When the soldiers come home they will be looking to form a different group that has yet to be named. And they will also be looking for jobs that won't be there. I say welfare for life for all the returning Vets and their wives, daughters, sisters and brothers for all that have paid the ultimate sacrifice. Not walking around a block party laughing and gorging themselves. They are going to need all the help the willing are able to give them. Most if not half of the Vets are Black or Hispanic and will be welcomed by this new group.
earth to culture shock......it's not on the south side any more....it's on the west side...where they have the musikfest....
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Surprised to hear that Judy. Oh well, they have their gang signs and symbols for the Crips and Bloods who are already here so I guess we can have an equal discriminatory culture here in Bethlehem. I don't go to Musikfest. When did all this cultural intigration start.
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Jun 24, 2007
 
Integration, I'm not used to spelling it.

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Jun 24, 2007
 
It was sarcasm...
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What do you think CelticFest is?

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Jun 24, 2007
 
Ralph I imagine you were being sarcastic....

Celtic Fest celebrates the Irish, Scottish, and Welsh...Boriquen Fest celebrates the Puerto Ricans...MusikFest celebrates the music of all cultures...Christkindlmart celebrates the German and Moravian influence in Bethlehem...Where are you people living that you do not know this?...or do you just want to cause crap with Hispanics?
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Wow just wow wrote:
It's really amazing how much ignorance one person can actually display ... let be deflate his argument from the start by pointing out that Puerto Rico is a US Territory (For the Barrs of the world out there: US Territory = US Citizen).
This bears repeating: Puerto Ricans, even if they are born and live their entire life on the island, ARE NOT FOREIGNERS. They are AMERICAN CITIZENS. If you hate them just because they are brown and speak Sanish, then move to Germany. But you can't fly the Nazi flag THERE, at all!

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