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16 hours ago · Final Thoughts on Best Puerto Rico Books. Exploring the vibrant history, culture, and people of Puerto Rico through literature is a captivating journey. The 20 best books about Puerto Rico offer a rich tapestry of narratives, from powerful memoirs to evocative novels, shedding light on the island’s complexities and beauty.
2 days ago · 15 marzo 2024. Maricao, PR Historia de Urayoán Fernández Rosario, residente de Maricao y de la cual él y su familia tiene descendencia indígena/Taína. Actualmente, Urayoán vive en Maricao y ...
2 days ago · Bomba is an emblematic Puerto Rican musical genre that emerged 400 years ago from the colonial plantations where West African enslaved people and their descendants worked. It remains one of the most popular forms of folk music on the island and serves as significant evidence of its rich African heritage.
5 days ago · La Fortaleza was the first fortification made by the Spaniards to protect the city from attacks from Puerto Rico’s indigenous people, after their arrival on the island in 1493. Its architecture reflects Italian Renaissance, Baroque, and French Enlightenment designs inherited from Europe.
2 days ago · A group of Santería practitioners performing the Cajón de Muertos ceremony in Havana in 2011. Santería ( Spanish pronunciation: [san̪.t̪eˈɾi.a] ), also known as Regla de Ocha, Regla Lucumí, or Lucumí, is an African diasporic religion that developed in Cuba during the late 19th century. It arose through a process of syncretism between ...
2 days ago · Compared with its Greater Antillean neighbours, Puerto Rico is one-fifth as large as the Dominican Republic, one-third the size of Haiti, and slightly smaller than Jamaica. It is roughly rectangular in shape, extending up to 111 miles (179 km) from east to west and 39 miles (63 km) from north to south. The capital is San Juan.
4 days ago · The colonists brutally forced the Taino to look for it. The food shortages were so severe it was said that the Spaniards fed Taino babies to their dogs. The mood among the Taino was one of complete and utter helplessness and desperation. Some took their own lives to escape the brutalities and indignities.