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Several downtown L.A. streets will close for 29th annual Fiesta Broadway

Dancer Emily Gonzalez, 5, back stage after performing with 'Gary Ferrer & St John's Angels Folkloric' dancers at Fiesta Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
Dancer Emily Gonzalez, 5, back stage after performing with ‘Gary Ferrer & St John’s Angels Folkloric’ dancers at Fiesta Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)
By Soumya Karlamangla
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Downtown Los Angeles on Sunday will play host to the 29th annual Fiesta Broadway, a street festival billed as the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the country.

The festival, which runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., is expected to draw thousands of visitors with its food booths, carnival-style games and Latin American musical artists. Though Cinco de Mayo is a week away, the festival has been held on the last weekend in April since it began in 1990.

The festival will take over 10 blocks in the heart of downtown. Broadway will be closed between Temple and Hill streets, and 1st through 4th street will all be closed at Broadway until 5 a.m. Monday.

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Sarahi Mendez, age 6, with 'Gary Ferrer & St John's Angels Folkloric' performs during Fiesta Broadway in downtown Los Angeles.
(Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times )

soumya.karlamangla@latimes.com

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Soumya Karlamangla

Soumya Karlamangla previously covered healthcare in California for the Los Angeles Times. She was part of the team of reporters awarded the Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the 2015 San Bernardino terrorist attack. Before joining The Times in 2013, she worked for the Oregonian, San Francisco Chronicle, Nation magazine in D.C. and Thomson Reuters in London. She was raised in Thousand Oaks and graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in biology and English literature.

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