Afro-Puerto Rican culture

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Afro-Latin American culture cultural tradition

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.

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Afro-Puerto Rican 1

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instanceOf Afro-Latin American culture ⓘ
cultural tradition ⓘ
associatedWithEthnicGroup Afro-Puerto Ricans NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orlando NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philadelphia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHistoricalRootIn plantation economy of colonial Puerto Rico ⓘ
transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
hasImportantFestival Carnaval de Ponce NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiestas de Santiago Apóstol in Loíza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastián NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasImportantRegion Aguadilla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Loíza NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mayagüez NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ponce NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santurce NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom African cultures ⓘ
Spanish culture ⓘ
Taíno culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Santería (Regla de Ocha) NERFINISHED ⓘ
folk Catholic devotions ⓘ
linkedToSocialMovement Afro-Boricua identity movements ⓘ
anti-racism activism in Puerto Rico ⓘ
practicedIn Puerto Rican diaspora NERFINISHED ⓘ
Puerto Rico NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 culture ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Puerto Rican