During more than a decade, Purépecha migrants have been the moving force behind the Grape Festival, a tradition in the Coachella Valley. Begun by Mexican workers almost thirty years ago, the festival was to celebrate the beginning of the harvest in the vineyards and, at the same time, raise money to build a church. The Purépecha community has been getting more recognition from a society that has often discriminated against them, and today in these festivals, it is more and more common to hear Purépecha language being spoken, or Michoacán bands playinig, or to serve corundas to eat. Radio Bilingüe reporter Rubén Tapia has the story.
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