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Speakers tell Santa Fe Springs City meeting festival brings community and helps preserve culture
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Three residents praised a local festival for drawing people of all ages, supporting artists and passing cultural knowledge to younger generations, and highlighted performances including a drone show.
Three residents speaking at a Santa Fe Springs City meeting praised a community festival as an inclusive event that draws people of all ages and helps preserve cultural traditions.
Resident 1, a resident, said the festival "brings all types of individuals out, all different ages. You don't have to be an artist to come and enjoy the festivities."
Resident 2, a resident, emphasized cultural transmission, saying, "For us, our culture and anybody's culture, it's important to continue the culture because once ... the elders are ... gone ... if they don't leave the culture and ... the education to the next generation, it ... can become forgotten and ... extinct."
Resident 3, a resident and artist, described the personal aim of their work and how the festival supports it: "The feeling that I hope that people walk away with after seeing my work is that we're all just a bunch of weird people walking around this earth trying to do weird things and we're all 1 big huge family ... be brave, don't hold back, follow everything that you've ever wanted to do because that's just what I do, and then submit it to festivals like this." Resident 3 also said the drone show was their first and called it "really cool," noting appreciation for dancers and other performances.
The speakers framed the festival as a gathering point for families, artists and elders, and as a venue for cultural education and community connection. Comments referenced both visual art and live performances; one speaker identified the drone show as a notable new element. No motions, votes or formal city actions were mentioned in the provided remarks.
