Puerto Rico

By: Alex, Ali And Isabella

FACTS ABOUT OUR COUNTRY

• Les presentanmos Puerto Rico!• La capital de Puerto Rico es San Juan.• El presidente de Puerto Rico es Alejandro

Garcia Padilla.• La poblacion de Puerto Rico es 3,706,690

millones de personas.• Los colores de la bandera son rojo, blanko,

azul.• El clima de Puerto Rico es tropical

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WHERE IN PUERTO RICO

La capital es San Juan.

Places to visit:Rio Camuy Cave ParkEl Yunque

PUERTO RICO’S MUSIC

• La musica popular es Danza and Bamba.

• Un baile popular es Salsa y Salsa Romantica,

• Puerto rico has a lot of unique instruments such as: guiro, requinto, cuatro

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SOME FAMOUS PUERTO RICANS AT LEAST PART PUERTO RICAN

Bruno Mars

• Bruno Mars, otherwise not too well know as Peter Gene Hernadez.

• He is a singer-songwriter, record producer, voice artist, and choreographer.

• He was born October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

• His dad nicknamed him Bruno because he looked like the wrestler Bruno Sammartino.

FAMOUS PUERTO RICANS

• Jennifer Lopez’s parents were both born and raised in Puerto Rico.

• Her mom’s name is Guadalpe Rodriguez and her dad’s name is David Lopez.

• She has two sisters Lynda (younger) and Leslie (the oldest)

• She and her sisters grew up kind of poor.

LOS ANIMALES QUE VIVEN AQUI SON…

Puerto Rican Woodpecker Puerto Rican Emeralds Puerto Rican Boa Puerto Rican Coqui_____________________________

• The Coqui is a tiny singing tree frog (about one inch long).

• It is the official mascot of Puerto Rico.

• It is also an endangered species because of deforestation.

SPORTS

• Los deportes populares son beisbol, basquetbol, el boxeo, futbol and Cockfighting

• Cockfighting is not legal in the USA but allowed in Puerto Rico

• Even though Puerto Rico is a US territory it participates in the Olympics as an independent nation.

PUERTO RICAN CURRENCY

• Puerto Rico uses US dollars because Puerto Rico is a US territory.

• The currency used to be the Puerto Rican peso.

RELIGION

• La religion primaria es Catolica. • 85% of Puerto Ricans are Roman

Catholics.• Some Puerto Ricans practice a

religion called Santeria, which is a spiritual type of religion from Cuba and Judaism.

CLOTHING AND COSTUMES

• In these 2 pictures shown are

examples of what Puerto Ricans

wear on special occasions and

holidays. • Girls dresses for celebrations,

such as the Bomba Festival, are

usually red, white, and blue.

• Sometimes just white and red

like that picture up there!

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TIME DIFFERENCE

• Puerto Rico is on the Atlantic Time Zone (AST)

• Puerto Rico doesn't have daylight savings

WHAT THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG MEANS

• The three sides of the triangle represent the three legislative branches of the government.

• The star stands for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

• The red stripes are the blood that feeds the government.

• The white stripes are the rights and freedom of the people.

LAS COMIDASYUMMY!!!

Las comidas populares son quesitos.

Buenos Comidas!

CREDITS PAGE

http://angelusnhc.deviantart.com/art/puerto-rican-flag-39977202

Slide 3 from bing.com

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