Bombazo in Slater Park


The Slater Park Fall Festival

Sunday, September 13 @ 12:00-5:00pm
CARIBBEAN ARTS
with Yoruba 2 at 3:00-3:30pm

Slater Park
RR 1A, Pawtucket, RI 02680 USA



Photo courtesy by Luis M. Garza, from NALAC, Texas

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