caribbean fest, para miss jenny

8/3/2019 Caribbean Fest, Para Miss Jenny

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Puerto Rican culture is somewhat complex,others will call it colorfull.


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Lets consider that the people of Puerto Ricorepresent a cultural an racial mix. During theearly 18-century, the Spaniarad in order to

populate the country took Taino women asbrides.


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Puerto Rican customs and tradition are whatdefine Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico culture trulyis:

-Architecture. -Folklore-Holidays -Arts and Crafts.-Beyond language. -Music

-Sports and recreation


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The columbus quincentennial in 1992sparked a major refurbishing of the

colonial architectura of puerto rico.


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Those who restored La Fortaleza andother landmarks in Old San Juan triedwhenever possible to use originalmaterials such as native grown ausubobeams , which had to be salvaged for

m elsewhere on the island.


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The facade of San Juan cathedral, addean

in the early 19th-century, is boroque,but it shelters a vaulted tower and fourrooms dating from 1540, which are rare

examples of medieval architentury inthe NEW WORLD.


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The Puerto Rican general archives andthe archives of the indies in seville wereable to provide the original plans of

many late 18th-century and 19th-century buildings; they were usend inthey restoration of many of the islansstructures.


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There is a strong artistic presence amongPuerto Ricans, whether from artist formallytrained in art schools, or self-thaught

amateurs.


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The dominican convel

another old San Juan16th-century structure now houses theinstitute of culture friars began itscontruction in 1523.


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Old San Juan is the greatest repository ofPuerto Ricans arts and crafts. Galleries selleverything from pre-Columbian artifacts topaintings by relatively contemporany artistsuch as Angel Botello, who died in 1986.


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The greatest art on the island is at the Museode Arte de Ponce, Las American Avenue, inPuerto Ricos largest city.


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The islands architectural heritage is Spanish,of course, as seen in the narrow, winding

cobblestone streets and the pastel-colored,tile-roofed buildings whit ornate balconies andheave wooden doors that open onto innercoutyards in the style of Andalusia in

Southern Spain.


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Works are displayed here in a honeycomb ofSkylit hexagonal rooms. Puerto Rican artistswho are represented include Jos Campeche,and Francisco Oller.


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The institute is also responsable for CasaSerralle, the former home of the oldes the

rumproducig family in the island, the makersof Don Q Rum . It also restored CasaVillaroga , the former home of AlfredoWieschersm a famuos ponce architect.


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At PLASA DE LAS DELICIAS, ponce hasrevived its traditional horse-drawn carriage

service. Four carriages offer free redis tovisitors. Stading on the square is the boldlypainted, century-old Parque de bombas(firehouse), which reoped as a museum

ofter a $140.000 restoration.


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Casa Villaroga exemplifies the characteristicelegance and whismsy of ponce architecture

whith its trellised root garden, stucc garlands,colored glass, and spaish tiles


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The first major Puerto Rican artis of notewas Jose Campeche, an 18th-century SANJUANERO who lived his entires life in anddrew inpiration from the city of his

birrth. The son of a freed slave and aimmigrant from the canary Islands.


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