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"La movida" is colloquial Spanish meaning "scene", or an area of activity. An understanding of this quality of the nightclub is unavailable to non-Spanish speakers.

Sticker advertising ice cream by La Sirenita. Ice cream is presumably Mexican or Central American style, manufactured in NC. Flavors and slogan are in Spanish; ingredients are in English.

Sign advertising a multi-function grocery store (meat market, tortilla shop, bakery, taco shop/restaurant). The three names listed below "Meat Market" all do not have a direct/gloss translation to English

Almost all signage solely in Spanish. Only exception is a duplicating "no loitering/no merodear" sign.

A sign for the local elementary school communicates the message "We love Lakewood Elementary." "We" is translated into 21 different languages and the symbol of a heart stands in for the concept of love.

Very vague sign about a restaurant with simply the phone number on it

Flyer on El Vaquero Fashion storefront for classes in Cumbia dance at El Centro Hispano

Informational sticker stating that the store is protected by video surveillance / security cameras. Limited language used.

Sticker on the storefront of El Vaquero de Durham advertising Los Altos brand of boots

Features of interest include the absence of diacritics in the Spanish text and the use of a currency symbol in place of an alphabetic letter, especially since this symbol represents both the peso and the dollar.