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Juan Bobo: A Folkloric Information System - how the controversial work of anthropologist J. Alden Mason, who collected Puerto Rican folklore, underscores FROM 1916 THROUGH 1929, THE Journal of American Folklore (JAP) published nine volumes containing various forms of Puerto Rican folklore which had been ......(Continue Reading) Puerto Rican native Gaspar makes the music follow her DANCING FOR PEACE Puerto Rican native Gaspar makes the music follow her Sunday, November 23, 2003 Jessica Gaspar challenges the drum and the ......(Continue Reading)Rafael Cortijo Verdejo - músico puertorriqueño - TA: Puerto Rican musician He was the musical hero of the common folk of the barrios and the caseríos (housing tenements) in Puerto Rico and in the slums of Latin America. It did ......(Continue Reading)Experience Puerto Rico's Exciting LeLoLai Festival Program; - Program Introduces Visitors to Typical Puerto Rican Music and Dance - NEW YORK, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: As a popular series of musical productions for visitors to experience Puerto Rican culture, ......(Continue Reading)Con guiro y pandereta: rhythm and instrumentation of bomba y plena - popular music styles The bomba and the plena are important genres of folk music in Puerto Rico. They both developed in the coastal zones of the island, which are the areas ......(Continue Reading)
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