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A Reno Family Remembers Their Tía Mina, The First Person On The Dance Floor, Lost To COVID-19
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The COVID-19 pandemic has taken the lives of more than 20,000 people in our Mountain West region. One of those people was Belarmina Martinez, a mother of eight and an aunt to nearly 20 nieces and nephews.
Idaho Matters spoke with Mountain West News Bureau reporter Stephanie Serrano who shared Martinez s life story, and how her family will honor her memory through her love of food and dancing.
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Rudy Aguilar, her nephew, used to call his Aunt Belarmina by her nickname, Tía Mina. She was the second oldest of 10 siblings. During family parties, the house was already packed even before friends showed up. Tía Mina met everyone at the door with fresh pupusas, which are handmade cornmeal patties stuffed with beans, pork and oozing cheese, a classic Salvadoran dish.
And when the cumbia or bachata started to blast through the speakers, Tía Mina was the first person on the dance floor – but dancing alone was never an option.
“She would take us each one at a time and try to get us, so we d always joke, ‘Don t make eye contact, Tía s coming, Tía s coming!’ and we would try to push each other out to go dance with her,” Rudy remembers.