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The Pupusa Festival on the Pierce College campus on May 19 featured pupusas and music and aimed to provide a good time for attendees.
Organizer Fred Lugo of Latino TV said the idea is to embrace the community and to let people know the Pupusa Festival is for everyone.
“The Salvadoran community in Southern California is huge, and this is almost like a tribute to that community and what they have brought with them—they’re hardworking people, they contribute to the community with their culture,” Lugo said. “And one of those things is something that has become an international food, and that is the pupusa.”
Pupusas are thick, spongy corn tortillas stuffed with a variety of fillings before being cooked on a clay comal or steel griddle, according to Mayorga Coffee.
According to Lugo, this was the fifth year of the event, which has been held in different locations, including Pierce.
“We’re very happy that the college has provided us [with] the grounds for us to be able to hold this event for the community,” Lugo said. “I think it also helps the college to embrace the community, as well, because the Salvadoran people are almost like newcomers, they know about the college and hopefully they will enroll.”
