PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Thursday, October 5, 2023; Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Artemus Ward School cafeteria, 4315 W. 140^th Street: A young girl prepares to fill her maracas (hand shaken rattles) from a selection of various beans and seeds.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Thursday, October 5, 2023; Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Artemus Ward School cafeteria, 4315 W. 140^th Street: Adriaen Moore, age 8, and Colton Groves, age 7, visiting a table where volunteers helped them make maracas, hand-shaken rattles.

PHOTO BY CHUCK HOVEN

Thursday, October 5, 2023; Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration, Artemus Ward School cafeteria, 4315 W. 140^th Street: Olga Rosado performs in a Vijigante costume. A Vijigante is a folkloric character in Puerto Rican festival celebrations. Rosado said a Vijigante is a sort of demonic trickster.