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This is a photgraph of a woman named "Criolla" holding a vase full of flowers, as an offering for "Chen Min". "Chen Min" is describes as a day where the chinese immigrants go to a cemetary and worship their ancestors by offering gifts, so that the ancestors will not feel

This is a photgraph of a woman named "Criolla" holding a vase full of flowers, as an offering for "Chen Min". "Chen Min" is describes as a day where the chinese immigrants go to a cemetary and worship their ancestors by offering gifts, so that the ancestors will not feel forgotten.
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Created1858-03-14
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Concepcion was baptized into the Catholic church as a baby. She was the daughter of a Chinese settler, Ramon, and a creole woman, Yrene.