Esperanza Rising

In detail, describe the Jamaica that Esperanza goes to.

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In Las Almendras, the platform at the center of the camp is clean and decorated with lights. People from nearby camps join the evening’s festivities. There is dancing and music. Esperanza stays beside her mother for most of the night.

The platform was lit up with big lights. Men from the camp, in starched and pressed shirts and cowboy hats, sat in chairs tuning their guitars and violins. Long rows of tables were covered in bright tablecloths where women sold tamales, desserts, and the specialty, Agua de Jamaica, Hibiscus Flower Water punch made with the red Mexican jamaica bloom. There was bingo on wooden tables and a long line of chairs circling the dance area for those who wanted to watch. That’s where Mama and Hortensia sat, talking to other women. Esperanza stayed close to them, watching the growing crowd.

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