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Two guayaberas seen from the back, showing the alforza pleats and the Western-style yoke. The guayabera (/ ɡ w aɪ. ə ˈ b ɛr ə /), also known as camisa de Yucatán (Yucatán shirt) in Mexico, is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt.
Ordinary Puerto Rican Pava. The pava is a straw hat made out of the leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm.It is normally associated with the Puerto Rican jíbaro and with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).
These influences are evident in the fields of dance and music, such as la bomba, la plena, and most recently in reggaeton, which is an Afro-Caribbean based Puerto Rican genre, as well as influences in Puerto Rican Spanish, and Puerto Rican cuisine. The presence of African diasporic religions, such as Santeria, is due to African influence.
According to Pink News, Puerto Rico's Education Minister, Rafael Roman, has confirmed changes to the school uniform code that allows boys to wear skirts and girls to wear slacks, if they choose.
The Puerto Rican cuatro, a staple of jibaro music. Jíbaro culture is also characterized by its own typical Puerto Rican folk music, commonly termed "jíbaro music". [12] "Jíbaro music and dance was the principal musical expression of the humble and hardworking mountain people who worked the coffee plantations and inland farms of Puerto Rico."
Make these flavorful recipes for everything from ropa vieja to birria to tembleque to kick off Hispanic Heritage Month.
Puerto Rican art is the diverse historic collection of visual and hand-crafted arts originating from the island. The art of the Puerto Ricans (Spanish: puertorriqueños or boricuas) draws from the various cultural traditions of the indigenous Taino people, as well as the history of the island as the subject of various other nations.
Antonio Lopez (February 11, 1943 – March 17, 1987) was a Puerto Rican fashion illustrator whose work appeared in such publications as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Elle, Interview and The New York Times. Several books collecting his illustrations have been published. n his obituary, the New York Times called him a "major fashion illustrator."