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Carnaval de Barranquilla en Utah, a dance group, will take part in New York's Hispanic Day Parade.

The group promotes Colombian culture in Utah and takes inspiration from the annual festival held in Barranquilla, a city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.

Participants perform traditional Colombian dances, and the Utah group will be one of many representing 21 countries at Sunday's parade.

TAYLORSVILLE — Those in Utah's Colombian community may have left the South American country behind, but it's hardly forgotten.

Wanting to hold on to some of the traditions of Colombia, Mayra Rincon teamed with Marilyn Gallardo in 2022 to create Carnaval de Barranquilla en Utah , a dance group inspired by the largest annual festival in the country that goes

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