Over one hundred guests, including members of Surabaya’s LGBT community, Papuan and East Timorese contacts, and religious minorities attended Consulate Surabaya first ever Hispanic Heritage Month celebration with a Fiesta on October 16, 2014. Themed ‘Mi Casa Es Tu Casa’, PAO Carolina Escalera spoke on Latinos in the United States, gave a Spanish lesson, and highlighted the diversity in both the United States and Indonesia. Guests tried homemade Latin food and enjoyed a Latin dance performance and lessons provided by the Surabaya Latino Dancers.
