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Tri-Met’s
online Trip
Planner Goes
Bilingual
Celebrating the Diversity of
Cuban Music and Dance
West Coast’s First
Spanish Trip Planner
and would rather sing and
oming to Portland for
dance. Makuta and yuka, tradi­
five magical nights,
tional dances brought centuries
th e
M ilag ro
ago to Cuba by the Congolese
Bailadores unveils the Cuban
people, celebrate sexuality and
spirit in “Noches de Cuba,” an
vigor. From the Yoruba people
exciting journey o f music, folk-
o f West Africa, “Noches de
loric and modem dance.
C uba” features m usic and
“ N o c h e s de C u b a ” c e l­
dance o f the orichas (deities)
ebrates the unique blend o f Af­
such as Elegud, mischievous
rica, Spain and the Caribbean
keeper o f the crossroads, and
influences that exist in Cuban
Ochun, seductive goddess of
music and dance.
the river.
From the Yoruba or Lucimi
From the Congloses o f Cen­
p e o p le from W est A frica
tral Africa, makuta and yuka,
brought to Cuba a pantheon of
celebrate sexuality and vigor.
deities or orichas personifying
Classical compositions find
the forces o f nature. Elegud is
their roots in Spanish flamenco.
the keeper o f the gateway to
La rumba, which has devel­
the spirit world and a mischie­
oped into the national dance of
vous trickster who determines
Cuba, brings tot he stage the
our fate. Ogun is the divine
infectious rhythms of the wildly
blacksmith whose mariwo (raf­
flirtatious guaguanco.
fia) protects the forest in which
Experiments with choreog­
he dwells.
raphy in the spirit o f Cuban
Ochun, goddess o f the rivers
modem dance invigorate the
seduces with her arousing laugh
presentation. Join the Milagro
and sweetened honey. Chango,
Bailadores as they bring the
temperatmental and amorous,
spirits to life in “Noches de
is the owner o f fire and thunder.
Cuba!”
La rumba, developed in Cuba
A special preview will
am ong the C ongolese and
be held on Thurs
Carabali peoples brought from
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JL
day,
March 29 at
central Africa and Eastern Ni­
7:30 p.m. Opening night is Fri­
geria, is now a national dance
day, March 30 at 8 p.m.
with several forms: Yambu, for
The performances will con­
the elders, played on cajones or
tinue through Thursdays, April
box drum s, th e sen su o u s
7 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at
guaguanco, and the rhythmic,
8 p.m. All performances will be
storytelling mimeic rumbas,
held
at El Centro Milagro, 525
such as “La-la,” the young
SE.
Stark.
Call 503/236-7253.
woman who dislikes housework
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Tri-Met is making it easier for Span­
ish-speaking riders to take transit.
Beginning M arch 1, it will launch a
Spanish version o f its popular new
online Trip Planner, w hich averages
about 600 visits a day. Tri-M et is the
first transit agency on the W est Coast
to offer trip planning in Spanish.
“W e’ve added Spanish to our website
to make it easier for the growing Latino
com munity to ride transit,” said Fred
Hansen, Tri-M et G eneral Manager.
Planning A Trip
Using the online Trip Planner at
w w w.tri-m et. Is easy in either English
or Spanish-just enter this information:
* Y our starting point and destina­
tion.
* W hen you either w ant to leave or
arrive
* Personal preferences, like the
fastest trip or fewest transfers.
Once entered, the program gives
several trip options and instructions,
including:
* Directions to the nearest bus stop
or M A X station
* W hen you need to board
* W here to transfer or get o ff
* W alking distances/directions,
fares and travel times
O ther Spanish W ebsite Topics
Tri-M et’s internet site, w hich gets
more than 100,000 visits a month,
includes Spanish versions o f many
o f its popular topics:
* Servicios Accesibles de Tri-M et
* (Accessible Service)
* Boleto de la A ventura
* (Adventure Pass)
* Bicicletas en Tri-M et
* (Bicycles on Tri-M et)
Milagro theatre.
Latino
Population
Growing
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y avanza directamente...
a través de su parabrisas.
Y AHORA, ¿QUIÉN
PUEDE AYUDARLE?
B y JO R D A N T, PIN E
D lV f c R S lT Y lN C .C O M
T he U.S. L atino population grew
so fast since 1990 that it’s now
roughly the sam e size as the A frican-
A m erican population, a statistic origi­
nally predicted for 2010. Latinos now
num ber35.3 million, or 12.5percentof
the U .S. population, having grow n
by alm ost 60 percent over the last
decade, according to The W ashing­
ton Post. M eanw hile, there are 36.4
m illion A frican A m ericans in the
U nited States, representing 12.9per-
cent o f the population. H ow ever, 1.7
m illion o f these A frican A m ericans
also checked som e o ther race on the
census form.
Post dem ographers arrived at these
num bers by m anipulating data from a
M a rc h 2 re p o rt b y th e C e n su s
Bureau ’ s Executive Steering Com mit­
tee fo r A c c u ra c y a n d C o v e ra g e
Evaluation Policy (ESCAP). “But they
aren’t m uch different from w hat w e
w ill release officially,” said Jorge Del
Pina, assistant division ch ief for the
Census B ureau’s population division.
M arket researchers see the new num ­
bers as a wakeup call for com panies
whose focus on the Latino m arket may
have been half-hearted in the past. “ I
think a num ber o f marketers are still
reticent about this market. They’restill
thinking, ‘This w hole Hispanic thing
will pass,’” said Juan Faura o f Dallas-
based G rupo Samba, w hich does re­
search and consulting on the Latino
m arket for clients such as Pepsi,
H ershey and Procter & Gamble.
“This [new report] basically puts
that idea to rest.” “I f anything, the
H ispanic market will continue to grow
exponentially, not pass,” he added.
“T o not address it is tantam ount to
sealing your fate. ” Latinos are now the
second largest population in the United
States, and 80 percent o f them are
under the age o f 44, Faura said. That
m eans com panies that are targeting
Latinos now are building a long-term
relationship with those will dom inate
consum er buying in 20 years.
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