INDIANAPOLIS Indys premier Hispanic Heritage Month event, FIESTA Indianapolis, is canceled after over 40 years.

La Plaza, the oldest and largest Latino nonprofit organization in Indiana and the event organizer, said changes were made "out of an abundance of caution and a deep commitment to the well-being for the community."

It makes me really sad and upset that we used to have these celebrations that we could be authentically ourselves and mingle with other people of our identity. Thats being taken away," longtime attendee Carlota Holder said.

Holder is a proud Panamanian-American.

Since she was a little girl, FIESTA Indianapolis was an annual celebration of that identity.

For there to be so much fear for this event to be canceled now, its just, I think it makes it more real about the

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