For years, a character named vejigante has been ‘the life of the party’ in various carnivals across Puerto Rico. With its colorful outfit and quick movements, which dance to the rhythm of the drums of ...

Toda la razón de su existencia se puede resumir en una simple frase, pintada para la posteridad en un mural colorido que queda a su entrada. “Ser ponceño es un orgullo. Ser playero es un privilegio”.

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - As the 53rd Puerto Rican Parade is set for this Sunday, artists are creating cultural figures for the festivities, including a 10-foot-tall vejigante. “It’s the opportunity ...

With this year’s Puerto Rican Festival dedicated to Loiza, one native of the Puerto Rican town knew he had to make the trip to the New Haven green, bringing along a special piece of his family’s story ...

The vejigante character has become ‘the life of the party’ in various carnivals across the nation and Puerto Rico.

Un vejigante creado de Petate fue la estrella de la comparsa de vejigantes en la tradicional Festival del Petate en Sabana Grande, que celebró este año su cuadragésima segunda edición. Fue la primera ...

“A vejigante is a contradiction,” said artist Pablo Juan Garcia. Originally created in order to strike fear in the hearts of conquistadors, vejigantes are masks which are now used to celebrate Puerto ...

El nombre vejigante lo adquieren de la vejiga de un animal que obtenían del matadero y que cargaban para hacer maldades. Todos los beneficios, en un solo lugar Descubrí donde te conviene comprar hoy ...

Angel Sánchez Ortíz, 57, has been making “la vejigante” since he was a boy in Ponce, Puerto Rico. In Spanish, the word “vejigante” (literally, “giant bladder”) refers to a colorful papier-mâché mask ...