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Photo:   “Pineapple parade at La Guelaguetza” by Katie Zolkowski, Grand Prize Winner of the 2007 Continental Latin American Photo Contest.

Amigos de las Americas (AMIGOS) and Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL) have announced the Grand Prize Winner of the 2007 Continental Latin American Photo Contest. Katie Zolkowski of Raleigh, N.C., won with “Pineapple parade at La Guelaguetza,” a colorful silhouette shot of Mexican women dressed in decorative costumes. Zolkowski was an AMIGOS Volunteer in the Community Nutrition project in Oaxaca for eight weeks during summer 2006.

The pineapple dance is part of a Oaxacan festival called Guelaguetza, which includes dances, crafts, costumes, food, parades and music from the seven regions of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The pineapple dance is from the Papaloapan region.

“My whole pueblo went to the festival, and I was the only one there with a camera,” Zolkowski said. “The thing that I love most about this picture is the color.”

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