When you think of Puerto Rico music and dance what comes to your mind? How about some salsa, merengue, or the cha-cha? Not like the cha-cha in the cha-cha slide,that almost all of us know how to do. How about early music, folk music, or Puerto Rico pop? Well, all of the above is true. Each type of music and dances are performed within the environment you're surrounded by. Whether it is in the streets of Puerto Rico celebrating a festival or in nightclubs. Puerto Rico is the place to be when it comes to a good time with music and dancing.
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Monday, October 22, 2018
Highlights
Some of the things I have learned about Puerto Rico are quite random but cool to know like, basketball, volleyball, and boxing are the most popular sports. Also, they are very well-mannered and kiss you on the cheek when greeting them. Puerto Rico has also won 6 medals in the Olympics. Another interesting fact is that the largest telescope is located in Puerto Rico. The legal age to drink is eighteen years old. Gas is measured in litters not gallons, you drive on the right side of the right like Americans do but the road signs are in Spanish, not English. And lastly, the U.S. tried buying Puerto Rico for $160 million but Spain rejected. Puerto Rico's name was changed by the U.S. in 1998 to Porto Rico but was changed back in 1931. I have learned a lot about Puerto Rico to know that it is more than just pretty beaches and a good tourist location for cruises. I plan on reasearching about music and dances that Puerto Ricians like to listen and enjoy.
Monday, September 24, 2018
Little Cog-Burt and Cotton Candy
In Little Cog-Burt the family was rich, selfish, and racist. The mother would refuse to give Little Cog-Burt the Christmas Fairy because he was a “dark child”. In Cotton Candy, a young girl is on a journey for self-development from her starved sex life. She finds a beautiful black man who makes her feel young again because she finally found what she’s been looking for. The difference I found between the two stories is racism. Moira in the first story hesitates to give the troubled black child the Christmas Fairy because she believed he didn’t deserve it. Lola in the second story thrives for the sex life so much she scares all the boys off until she is all wrinkled and spots this beautiful black man and doesn’t hesitate based on his skin color. Another difference between these stories is in Little Cog- Burt the family was very wealthy. Lola was not as she was selling fabric dresses from door to door.
The similarities between the two are they both start out not getting what they want and as time passes by they both ended up with what they want. Little Cog-Burt was so upset about getting a ball for Christmas when he saw the Christmas Fairy he knew he had to get it and the mother did end up giving it to him after how sad he looked. In Cotton Candy, she droves men away by her obsession to have sex or marry the guy. With several butterflies representing the men, she wanted she finally found a beautiful guy who worked at the zoo with her.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Tetiyette and The Devil
“Tetiyette and the Devil” is a story about a seventeen-year-old Guadeloupian girl. She has several opportunities to be in a relationship and turns them all down because of how she viewed the gentlemen on the outside. She then meets a man dressed in gold and is instantly in love. Little did she know the man she chose was the devil. This shows a message of pure selfishness. She turns down all these guys because of the way they look on the outside rather than getting to know what’s on the inside. But accepts the devil because of how he dressed assuming he has money.
Before anxiously wanting to marry the man of her dreams her mother warns her of the evil her husband is going to bring into her life. Of course, the daughter lies and tries to tell her mother that everything is fine. Which later in the story bites her in the butt when she cries to her mom and dad by telling them how evil her husband is. All they responded to her was a good “I told you so”. Using repetition, she tells her mom, dad and little brother “Bel-air-drum” while explaining her husband to them. Authors tend to use repetition for a better way of remembering the story. Finally, after hesitating to get up the little brother did and grabbed a sharp knife and headed upstairs to cut the devils belly where half of his sister was.
I think this story is meant to be read by girls around the same age of when it’s appropriate to get married in Guadeloupe. It shows them how this girl made the one mistake of not listening to her parents. It sends a message showing you’re responsible for your own actions
Works cited
Cesaire, Laurent, I and L. 1991.Green Cane Juicy Flotsam. New Brunswick, New jersey. Rutgers University press.
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Blog Post Number 1
Puerto Rico
As I learn about Puerto Rico I get to share what I have learned with all of you. So if you’re ever interested in learning about just Puerto Rico you have come to the right blog. As my Professor gets to read this she gets to critique everything because, who knows Puerto Rico better than her?
Now the fun facts are, the largest telescope in the world is located in Puerto Rico. Basketball, Volleyball, and Boxing are the top favorite sports. As some people might think when talking to another you are to greet with a handshake and are to stand a reasonably length away from each other. Puerto Rico Is very well-mannered to where they stand very close to each other when talking and approach each other with a kiss on the cheek. Another eye-opening fact is the U.S. changed its name to Porto Rico in 1898 and was changed again to Puerto Rico in 1931. The U.S. has also tried buying Puerto Rico for $160 million dollars and Spain rejected the offer.
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