The Friends of the Nashua Public Library have been highlighting the city’s diverse cultures through their “Passport to the World” program. Most recently, the library highlighted the resistance of Puerto Rican culture with dominoes, food, story time, and even a Bad Bunny look-alike contest.
About 4,000 Nashua residents are from the U.S. territory, according to census data.
As part of the event, children made red hibiscus maga flowers out of construction paper and pipe cleaners. Organizer Jasmine Torres-Allen explained that the flower is a symbol of Puerto Rican identity.
“It’s actually also another symbol of resistance and resilience because hurricanes happen,” she explained. “This flower in particular is resistant, and so we use it as our symbol of resiliency.”
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