Puerto Rico San Juan

1. Puerto RicoSan Juan By: Brianna Holmes

2. Puerto Rican flag • The flags of Puerto Rico represent and symbolize the island and people of Puerto Rico. The most commonly used flags of Puerto Rico are the current flag, which represents the people of the commonwealth of Puerto Rico; municipal flags, which represent the different regions of the island; political flags, which represent the political beliefs of the people; and sports flags, which identify Puerto Rico as the country represented by its athletics during competitions. The origins of the current flag of Puerto Rico, adopted by the commonwealth of Puerto Rico in 1952, can be traced to 1868, when the first Puerto Rican flag, "The Revolutionary Flag of Lares", was conceived by Dr. Ramón Emeterio Betances and embroidered by Mariana "Brazos de Oro" Bracetti. This flag was used in the short-lived Puerto Rican revolt against Spanish rule in the island, known as "El Grito de Lares

3. How did Puerto Rico get its name???? • The Puerto Ricans called the island Borinquen from Borikén, its indigenous Taíno name which means "Land of the Valiant Lord“. The terms Boricua and Borincano derive from Borikén and Borinquen respectively, and are commonly used to identify someone of Puerto Rican heritage. The island is also popularly known in Spanish as la isla del encanto, which means "the island of enchantment" in English. Christopher Columbus named the island San Juan Bautista, in honor of Saint John the Baptist. Eventually, traders and other maritime visitors came to refer to the entire island as "Puerto Rico", and "San Juan" became the name of the main trading shipping port.

4. The two Languages • Puerto Ricans speak Spanish and English. Spanish is the primary language and English is the secondary language that’s taught in school. But they use a different vocabulary and the Spanish of Puerto Rico also includes some words from the Taino which are typically in the context of vegetation, natural phenomenon or primitive musical instruments. But there's also people in Puerto Rico that don’t know how to speak English or their English is just to hard to understand or they just don’t speak English at an advanced level. According to a study by the University of Puerto Rico, nine of every ten Puerto Ricans living in Puerto Rico do not know how to speak English at an advanced level. people at least five years old living in Puerto Rico in 2005–2009, 95%spoke a language other than English at home. Of those speaking a language other than English at home, 100% spoke Spanish and less than 0.5% spoke some other language, 85% reported that they did not speak English very well

5. Religion • Most of the Puerto Ricans are catholic, their beliefs, rituals, and practices often stray outside the orthodox boundaries of Catholicism. But they do not know the difference between official Catholicism and their rituals and beliefs and Catholic icons that are common in Puerto Rican households, often intermingled with photographs of family members and clusters of ceramic and porcelain figures.

6. The Puerto Rican Cuisine • Puerto Rican cuisine has its roots in the cooking traditions and practices of Spain, Africa and the Amerindian Taínos. Puerto Ricans make this original dish and that’s rice and beans and there's this really good bean sauce and it taste really good. But there's many other recipes for example Aranitas (Shredded Green Plantain Patties) , Pollo (Chicken) Fricassee from Puerto Rico and Puerto Rican Pork Roast.

7. Holidays/Traditions • January 6: Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day or Epiphany) • January 9: Conmemoracióon del Natalicio de Eugenio María de Hostos (Eugenio María de Hostos Birthday) • April 6: Viernes Santo (Good Friday) • July 16 Conmemoración del Natalicio de Luis Muñoz Rivera (Luis Muñoz Rivera's Birthday) • July 25: Conmemoración del Estado Libre Asociado (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico) • October 12 Descubrimiento de América (Columbus Day) • November 19 Día del Descubrimiento de Puerto Rico (Discovery of Puerto Rico Day)

8. Daddy Yankee • Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez (born February 3, 1977), known artistically as Daddy Yankee, is a Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican reggaeton recording artist. He sang reggaeton, Latin rap , and hip hop Daddy Yankee was born in Río Piedras, the largest district of San Juan, where he became interested in music at a young age. In his youth he was interested in baseball, and aspired to become a Major League Baseball player. He was unable to continue this sport when he received an injury to one of his legs, leaving him unable to walk correctly. He then became involved in the underground rap movement that was in its early stages in Puerto Rico, later to be called reggaeton. After receiving lessons from several artists within the genre, he developed an independent career, first recording in a production titled Playero 37.

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