Proceeds from the event benefit ArtsQuest ventures such as the Banana Factory community arts center in South Bethlehem , as well as other nonprofit groups throughout the region .

Banana trees in particular are affected Influence by the cyclone Catastrophe .

The United States occupation of Nicaragua from 1912 to 1933 was part of the Banana Wars , when the US military intervened in various Latin American countries from 1898 to 1934 .