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When Columbus arrived with the Spanish at the end of the 15th century, they were all struck by how little the native Taíno people wore. Many were completely naked, while married women were expected to cover themselves with a simple apron or skirt. As the Spanish took over and began intermarrying with the local population, they also had them adopt Spanish dress. As a result, the clothing traditions of Puerto Rico are largely Spanish, but also with some African influence due to the slaves that were brought over.
Even though the European style of clothing — with its layers and heavy materials like wool — made less sense to the natives in the hot climate, adopting the customs of modesty was required by the new Christian religion they were to adopt. Even today, you’ll find remnants of this tradition as some men still sport wool jackets [source: Martinez-Vergne]. Cotton, however, was a common material for clothing to deal with the hot weather.
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Sometimes, however, the working conditions and not just modesty would dictate style. We spoke with Dr. Teresita Martinez-Vergne, who said that she wondered at why 19th-century men working in sugarcane fields would wear long-sleeved shirts that were buttoned to the top. She found in her research that this was because the sugarcane leaves are sharp enough to cut skin, and the shirts protected the men.
One clothing tradition that is still popular today is the guayabera shirt. This is a loose-fitting, button-up men’s shirt that has multiple front pockets. Popular all over Latin America, historians are unsure of the exact country or date of origin. It is somewhere between a century and three centuries old. The shirt is generally considered suitable for most occasions, even formal situations, as it’s also known as a «Mexican wedding shirt.»
Even though many Puerto Ricans have adopted styles from the United States, performances of traditional dances will call for the dancers to wear traditional clothing.
Long ruffled dresses of white or bright colors are common for these performances. For the bomba, one traditional dance, women wear a dress with a full skirt and petticoat, while men wear white pants and shirts as well as panama hats.
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Puerto Rican dance bomba
Bomba is a traditional music and dance style of Puerto Rico, which was formed as a result of mixing the traditions of several cultures (Icelandic, Spanish, West African and Taino people of the Antilles).
During the long history of the existence of this dance, several styles of bomba dance were developed, and they differed depending on the region of the country: ponce in the south, mayagesh in the west, loiza in the north, and santerns between Loiza and San Juan. nine0004
Puerto Rican bomba dance
Ponce style mixes Spanish and African elements. Ponce dancers wear long skirts and high-heeled shoes reminiscent of the European style of dress, but their heads are wrapped in scarves, a traditional African decoration. Dancers dress in slacks and a long-sleeved shirt.
Puerto Rican dance bomba
Santurce style is similar to ponce. Men constantly maintain a strict posture and practically do not make movements with their hands. The emphasis in the dance is on footwork. The woman in centure wears headscarves and wide flowing skirts worn over a starched white skirt. nine0004
Puerto Rican Bomb Dance
The loiza style has more African moves, dancers use separate hips and shoulders (i.
e., movements of only those parts of the body), twists of the torso, and uses more improvised steps than other styles.
Puerto Rican dance bomba
The bomb dance is the main attraction during the Loiza festival in Santiago in mid-July. Whole processions go through the streets, carrying images of three saints, they are accompanied by open trucks with orchestras playing waltzes and dances. As the procession moves through the streets, anyone can join it and dance with the drummers. These dances always involve people depicting the four traditional festival images: the vegigante (a disguised deceiver, a symbol of Africa), a caballero (a horseman, a symbol of Spain), a viejo (one who wears rags, a symbol of an ordinary person), and a loca (men dressed as women who traditionally clean the streets of dirt). nine0004
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