Belmont residents gathered at the Beech Street Center to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.
According to hispanicheritagemonth.org, the month is celebrated from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.
Sept. 15 is Independence Day for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. Mexico and Chile celebrate independence on Sept. 16.
The elaborate costume of a Bolivian caporales dancer. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Jose Medina Miramar, Pablo Ortega, Sergio A. , Tony Rosette of Mariachi Guadalajara Boston at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Items on the Mexico table. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Pablo Ortega performs during the Hispanic Heritage celebration at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Pinatas were all the rage. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
This was the third annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
State Sen. William Brownsberger and event organizer Maribel Carvajal de Salazar. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
The Belmont High School band performing at the Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Saturday, Oct. 5. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Bolivian dance on display at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Caporales dancers at work at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Audience members enjoying the music during the celebration. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Ice cream was on tap at the Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Bobbie Garcia, owner Juan Munguia of Mariachi Guadalajara Boston, perform at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Mariachi music at the Hispanic Heritage celebration at the Beech Street Center. (Isabel Miranda) 
Sergio A with his guittaron. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Dancers from San Simon Cochabamba. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice) 
Items on the Bolivian table. (Isabel Miranda/Belmont Voice)