Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol

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Afro-Puerto Rican tradition cultural festival religious festival

Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol is a traditional Afro-Puerto Rican religious and cultural festival in Loíza that honors Saint James with processions, music, dance, and vibrant folkloric celebrations.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol canonical 2
Feast of Saint James 1
Fiestas Patronales de Santiago Apóstol 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Afro-Puerto Rican tradition ⓘ
cultural festival ⓘ
religious festival ⓘ
associatedWith Afro-Puerto Rican folklore ⓘ
Loíza, Puerto Rico ⓘ
Bomba dance ⓘ
surface form: bomba dance
celebratedBy residents of Loíza ⓘ
visitors from other parts of Puerto Rico ⓘ
country Puerto Rico ⓘ
culturalContext Afro-Puerto Rican culture ⓘ
culturalSignificance important festival in Loíza ⓘ
major symbol of Afro-Puerto Rican heritage ⓘ
devotionalFocus Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
features colorful costumes ⓘ
dance ⓘ
folkloric celebrations ⓘ
music ⓘ
processions ⓘ
religious images ⓘ
street parades ⓘ
hasNameInSpanish Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol self-link ⓘ
hasParticipant Afro-Puerto Rican communities ⓘ
local Catholic parishes of Loíza ⓘ
hasTheme Afro-diasporic identity ⓘ
community solidarity ⓘ
devotion to Saint James ⓘ
heritageAspect African-derived religious practices ⓘ
Spanish Catholic traditions ⓘ
indigenous Caribbean influences ⓘ
honors Apostle James the Greater ⓘ
surface form: Saint James the Apostle
includes call-and-response singing ⓘ
drumming ⓘ
traditional masks ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Loíza ⓘ
patronSaintOf Loíza ⓘ
region Caribbean ⓘ
religiousElement Catholic mass ⓘ
procession of saint images ⓘ
religiousTradition Roman Catholicism ⓘ
socialFunction community gathering ⓘ
intergenerational cultural transmission ⓘ
takesPlaceIn streets of Loíza ⓘ
typeOfCelebration patron saint festival ⓘ
uses bomba music ⓘ
plena music ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Loíza → hasFestival → Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
derived from Santiago via Sant Yago → hasNameDay → Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
subject surface form: Diego
this entity surface form: Feast of Saint James
Fajardo → hasFestival → Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiestas Patronales de Santiago Apóstol
Vejigante masks → wornDuring → Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol in Loíza
Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol → hasNameInSpanish → Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol self-link ⓘ