The Peruvian community in Paterson, New Jersey, will join Ceviche Day celebrations later this month with a free admission food festival honoring Peru's signature creation, ceviche.

The city of Paterson, with more than 55,000 Peruvians residing there, on June 30 will become the center of operations aimed at establishing the International Day of Peruvian Ceviche, as an extension of the celebration that takes place in Peru since 2009.

Paterson’s Mayor, Jeffery Jones, who has initiated a series of activities as part of his administration to reassess the customs and identities of dozens of communities of different origins that reside in the mentioned city, located just minutes from New York, will preside over the opening ceremony for “Ceviche Fest”, joined by consul authorities.

The celebration will take place in collaboration with Peru's trade office in New York and the Consulate General of Peru in the state of New Jersey.

For this collaboration the Peruvian consular office located in Paterson will be arranged for the development of this great food fair that will feature the ceviche, which can be tasted along with a varied menu of seafood dishes from Peru.

The organizer of the event, the Peruvian-American businesswoman Heidi Castrillón, highlighted the initiative of Paterson’s mayor to support the activities of the various communities that have a presence in Paterson with the aim of highlighting their contribution to American society.

It should be noted that in Peru, National Ceviche Day was established by Ministerial Resolution No. 708-2008 of the Ministry of Production, which set the date for its celebration on June 28th.

The aforementioned legal provision was issued on September 18th, 2008, and the following year the festivities began in the name of this great Peruvian dish.

The document states that "it is of national interest to promote and disseminate Peruvian ceviche, both domestically and internationally, as the national dish, stimulating its culinary consumption."

Therefore, Castrillón said that the event scheduled for June 30th in Paterson seeks to give impetus to ceviche at the international level. "There is research that indicates that the ceviche or also known as seviche, originated in Peru. However, similar preparations appear in other Latin American countries of the Pacific Ocean coastlines, such as Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama," said the entrepreneur.

She added that this fair hopes not only to gather 450,000 Peruvians living in New Jersey, but also citizens from throughout the northeastern U.S.; including those from the Tri-State Area, consisting of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

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