Afro-Puerto Rican culture

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Afro-Puerto Rican culture is a vibrant blend of African, Indigenous Taíno, and Spanish influences expressed through music, dance, religious practices, festivals, and visual arts across Puerto Rico and its diaspora.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Afro-Puerto Rican 1
Afro-Puerto Rican culture canonical 1

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Latin American culture
cultural tradition
associatedWithEthnicGroup Afro-Puerto Ricans
contributesTo Puerto Rican national identity
expressedThrough dance
festivals
music
religious practices
visual arts
hasArtForm crafts using natural materials
folk sculpture
muralism
vejigante mask-making
hasDiasporaCenter Chicago
New York City
Orlando
Philadelphia
hasHistoricalRootIn plantation economy of colonial Puerto Rico
transatlantic slave trade
hasImportantFestival Carnaval de Ponce
linked to: Ponce Carnival

Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol in Loíza
Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián
hasImportantRegion Aguadilla
Loíza
Mayagüez
Ponce
linked to: Ponce, Puerto Rico

Santurce
hasInfluenceFrom African cultures
Spanish culture
Taíno culture
linked to: Taíno
hasKeyDanceForm bomba dance
plena dance
hasKeyMusicGenre bomba
plena
rumba-inspired forms
salsa
hasLanguageInfluence African-derived Spanish vocabulary
Puerto Rican Spanish
Taíno loanwords
hasReligiousTradition Catholicism with African influences
Espiritismo
Santería (Regla de Ocha)
linked to: Santería

folk Catholic devotions
linkedToSocialMovement Afro-Boricua identity movements
anti-racism activism in Puerto Rico
practicedIn Puerto Rican diaspora
Puerto Rico
relatedConcept Afro-Caribbean culture
Afro-Latinx identity
usesInstrument barril de bomba
cuá
maraca
pandereta

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Vejigante masks associatedWith Afro-Puerto Rican culture
Tego Calderón ethnicGroup Afro-Puerto Rican
linked to: Afro-Puerto Rican culture