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Columbus called the port Puerto de la Navidad ("Christmas Port"), the day he landed there. He appointed Diego de Arana, chief constable of the fleet and son of Rodrigo, Pedro Gutiérrez, butler of the Spanish royal dais, and Rodrigo de Escobedo to govern the fortress of 36 men. They included carpenters, calkers, a physician, a tailor, and a gunner.
A parranda (English: party or spree [1]) is a Puerto Rican music tradition that takes place in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holiday season. [2] Parrandas are social events that feature traditional Puerto Rican music, food, and drinks.
Navidad Formation, a geological formation in Chile; La Navidad, a settlement in what is now Haiti; Barra de Navidad, town in the Mexican state of Jalisco; Navidad Lake, Bolivian lake; Navidad Bank, submerged bank in the Atlantic Ocean; Navidad River, coastal river in the U.S. state of Texas; Navidad mine, a large silver mine in Argentina
La Navidad (The Nativity), a settlement founded in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, in present-day Haiti; Natal chart or nativity, the horoscope at or of the time of one's birth; Nativity BVM High School, a Catholic high school in Pottsville, Pennsylvania; Nativity High School (Detroit, Michigan), former high school in Detroit, Michigan
A scheme made by Juan Tavera in 1979 that was by 2005 the most used compromises tree members Navidad, Licancheo and Rapel. [7] A new scheme proposed in 2006 elevated Tavera's sub-units Licancheo (renamed Licancheu) and Rapel to formations leaving the new definition of Navidad Formation as the former sub-unit Navidad. The rationale for ...
House in Barranquilla decorated with lanterns during the early hours of December 8. Among the festivities is the traditional day of the candles, between December 7 and 8. This day is the unofficial start of the Christmas season in the country, although the official day is the first Sunday of Advent (between November 27 and December
Las Posadas derives from the Spanish word posada (lodging, or accommodation) which, in this case, refers to the inn from the Nativity story. It uses the plural form as the celebration lasts for a nine-day interval (called the novena) during the Christmas season, which represents the nine-month pregnancy [3] [4] of Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ.
Bomba Dance in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Bomba was developed in Puerto Rico during the early European colonial period. The first documentation of bomba dates back to 1797: botanist André Pierre Ledru described his impressions of local inhabitants dancing and singing popular bombas in Voyage aux îles de Ténériffe, la Trinité, Saint-Thomas, Sainte-Croix et Porto Ricco.