I recently attended the Latinx Heritage Month Opening Ceremony on the second floor. The first thing I was greeted with upbeat Hispanic music that I did not necessarily understand, but I almost wanted to dance along anyway. There were two long lines and I jumped aboard with two of my friends, who I dragged along to keep me company. From those two lines, we got a plate of different meats and a drink after signing up for their newsletters. The plate of meats seemed to have Spam, lamb, plantains, and fried chicken. There were two selections of drinks. One was a mixture of orange juice and milk called Morir Soñando (which actually translates to “to die dreaming,” what a name!) and the other was an oatmeal and chocolate milk mix called Jugo de Avena. I chose to drink Morir Soñando. It tasted like an orange yogurt drink and I quite liked it. While we were eating, a game similar to musical chairs started. Instead of walking around chairs, there were no chairs and they danced to the music. The winner would get a delightful goodie bag. Unfortunately, I had to leave the opening ceremony early due to a previous appointment and missed watching the rest of the game.
Thinking back on the opening ceremony, I found the atmosphere very welcoming and I thought that if I wasn’t busy, I would have stayed longer (and maybe to get another drink too). I’m not sure if I’ll have the time to go to the other events the latinx student organizations will hold for the rest of this month and part of the next, but if I did, I would totally go to the other events. I also thought that if this is how other heritage months are going to be, I’ll definitely be planning some visits.