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a fire house transformed into a museum. It is a perfect example of colonial architecture (in Ponche). Located in Ponche.

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is the name for Ponche. Means "Pearl of the South." It is the 2nd biggest city in Puerto Rico.

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celebration when people go from house to house singing, then are fed by the chosen house. They then move on to other houses gathering more followers, and food as they go along

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people who dress up as little devils with spikes in order to "ruin" parties.

They are "scared off" by people at the parties.

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a massive fort built by Spanish to protect people from Pirates

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a Huge Mall in San Juan. It has 3 stories, and is massive. It is 2.1 million square feet.

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Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the US.

This means they follow and obey US laws,

but can't vote unless they go to the US.

Puerto Ricans are US citizens.

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what Indians from Puerto Rico are called

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what people who live in Puerto

Rico are called

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what natives call Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico is also known as Borinquen or Boriquén, the Taíno name for the island. The tainos were Indians who lived there before the arrival of the Spaniards.

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If you walk through the Old San Juan, you're going to see houses and buildings of Spanish centuries sixteenth to the nineteenth century. A famous example is the Castle of San Felipe del Morro, or "El Morro". The Spaniards began to build it in 1539 to defend the island. Today it is a tourist museum with many historical artifacts.

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A timbalero is someone who plays the drums. Cymbals are percussion instruments in the very popular tropical music. In Puerto Rico there are many festivals and parades where you can listen to different music styles, such as plena, bomba, salsa, and folk music.

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Julia de Burgos (writer),

Roberto Clemente (baseball player),

Luis Muñoz Marín (politician)

Olga Tañón (singer)

Benicio del Toro (actor)

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Comida típica: tostones, pernil, arroz con gandules

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Español, English

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the US dollar

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San Juan

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3.515 millas cuadradas

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3.897.960