Alvarado said a key goal for the event was to include Latin music across a wider range of genres than the traditional mariachi music often featured at cultural events.
Performers with the Enlace Cross-Cultural Community Development Project on stage at the Tianguis de Salem event at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)A customer examines wares for sale at the Tianguis de Salem event at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Attendees at the Tianguis de Salem event play Loteria Oregoniana at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Omar Alvarado, Tiangus de Salem organizer at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)This patron was head of the line at the face painting booth at the Tianguis de Salem at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Jose and Yvette Bojorquez in their booth at the Tianguis de Salem at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Doula Adriana Peinado was available to answer questions about childbirth at the Tianguis de Salem at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Vendors making fresh pupusas at the Tianguis de Salem event at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)A variety of bouncy houses were available for the younger attendees to enjoy at the Tianguis de Salem at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Dance regalia rests in between sets at the Tianguis de Salem event held at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Hard choices were being made at the Tianguis de Salem food court at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)A performer from the Danza Azteca group on stage at the Tianguis de Salem event at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)Capaces Leadership Institute was one of the varied community information booths at the Tianguis de Salem at Riverfront Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024. (Laura Tesler/Special to Salem Reporter)
Laura Tesler has lived in Salem, Oregon for 20 years and is originally from Flint, MI. Laura has been an underwater photographer for 15 years, and is an avid scuba diver. Topside, she has been taking photographs since age 12, and currently works on assignment for the Salem Reporter, and full time purchasing land for fish and wildlife habitat in the Willamette Valley. Laura attended Oregon State University, and has traveled extensively all over the world and the United States.
