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2. Parranda - Wikipedia

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   A parranda (English: party or spree [1]) is a Puerto Rican music tradition that takes place in Puerto Rico during the Christmas holiday season. [2] Parrandas are social events that feature traditional Puerto Rican music, food, and drinks.

3. Aguinaldo (music) - Wikipedia

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   Aguinaldo It is a genre of Puerto Rican and Venezuelan traditional and cultural music, popular in several Latin American countries., based on Spanish Christmas carols or villancicos which is traditionally sung on Christmas itself or during the holiday season.

4. Plena - Wikipedia

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   Plena is played throughout Puerto Rico especially during special occasions such as the Christmas season, and as the musical backdrop for civic protests, due to its traditional use as a vehicle for social commentary. When plena is played the audience often joins in the singing, clapping, and dancing.

5. Music of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia

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   The Afro-Puerto Rican bombas, developed in the sugarcane haciendas of Loíza, the northeastern coastal areas, in Guayama and southern Puerto Rico, utilize barrel drums and tambourines, while the rural version uses stringed instruments to produce music, relating to the bongos. (1) “The bomba is danced in pairs, but there is no contact.

6. Christmas is longer (and warmer) in Puerto Rico: What ... - AOL

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   Puerto Rico is primarily Catholic, so of course, Christmas is a focus of the holiday season, but the island also observes Three Kings Day, or Epiphany, on Jan. 6, and the weeklong San Sebastian ...

7. Holiday Music 2023 Roundup: Caroling With Cher, Brenda Lee ...

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   Fifty years ago, salsa music trombonist/bandleader Willie Colón, vocalist Héctor Lavoe, cuatro player Yomo Toro and percussionists Milton Cardona and José Mangual Jr. turned traditional Puerto ...

8. Navidad Boricua: Mi Pueblo esta de Fiesta - Wikipedia

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   Navidad Boricua: Mi Pueblo esta de Fiesta is one of the compilations made by Puerto Rican artists with songs that reflect the Christmas tradition of Puerto Rico.In this album are various singers of Puerto Rico as Joseph Fonseca, Michael Stuart, Grupo Kaos, Plenéalo, Daniela Droz, Andy Montañez, Los Sabrosos del Merengue, Junny Ramos, Salsa Kids, Mary Ann Acevedo, among others. [1]

9. Feliz Navidad (song) - Wikipedia

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   He remembered celebrating Christmas Eve with his brothers, eating traditional Puerto Rican foods, drinking rum, and going caroling. "It was expressing the joy that I felt on Christmas and the fact that I felt very lonely", he told NPR in December 2020. "I missed my family, I missed Christmas carols with them. I missed the whole Christmas scene ...