Puerto Rican Identity:
To Be or Not To Be
by Don Jíbaro
he Cultural Quest for Identity is an incredible phenomenon.
It has been the theme of countless works of science, art and
literature. One's personal identity can be manifested in any part of the world. All you need is behavior. You are who you are no matter where you stand. We are Boricuas when we behave like Boricuas;
otherwise we're John Does. Some live at home and some live abroad. Some
behave, some don't... but, what makes one a Boricua? ►READ
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Don Jíbaro's Peripecias
►Taino
Artifacts Found◄
►Facts... just the facts◄
►The
Boricua Black Eye◄
►How
to Speak Americano◄
►The
Puerto Rican Exodus◄
►Thé
Tróúblé With Áccénts◄
►Gloom of the Texas Flood◄
►Super Rabbit Debuts in Germany◄
►See
The Amazing Puerto Rican Fork◄
►Don
Jibaro Gets Run Over by His Own Car◄
Dale Bochinche Dept.
Puerto Rican Pageant Fires Petite Queen
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Miss Puerto Rico Petite competition
stripped the reigning queen of her crown Friday, accusing the young woman of
"intolerable conduct" that included threatening and assaulting pageant staff.
Keishla Villafane Rivera also used "coarse language" and violated the terms of
her contract by agreeing to use her image in an advertisement without the
consent of the pageant, the organizers said in a statement.
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BOCHINCHE
The Puerto Rican Jesus
by Don Jíbaro Barbablanca
Is Jesus Christ really part of the Puerto Rican
Culture
or is He just an Icon at Easter and Christmas?
I have always said that a Boricua born in the North Pole
is an Esquimo... he's still a Boricua. The place of birth only makes you a citizen
of that place, nothing more and nothing less. I'm proud of Jesus... whether He had
been born
in Puerto Rico or the North Pole. ...but God wanted Him in Israel.
Me? I was born in 60 years ago in San Juan but was
raised in Bayamón, when Bayamón was little, not the Metropolis that it is today.
No, Clark Kent doesn't live there. 
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Who in The World
Was Juan Tizol?
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of my favorites jazz tunes of all times is "Caravan" but I never knew that the
composer was a Puerto Rican. YES!
Juan Tizol was born in San Juan Puerto Rico on Jan. 22, 1900, started music
lessons early, was trained as a valve trombonist and as a teenager played in the
San Juan Municipal Band. Tizol moved to the U.S. in 1920 and became valve
trombonist in the pit band of the Howard Theatre in Washington DC, was a member
of the Marie Lucas Orchestra, Bobby Lee’s Cottonpickers, and the White Brothers
Band. His big break came in August of 1929 when he joined...
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Tribute to
All Fathers
by Don Jíbaro
here are many versions about
the origins of Father's Day. Most countries will undoubtedly
have their own, according to their folklore. In the USA
there are different versions as well, but most center on the
fundamental basic facts.
In Puerto Rico, we borrowed from our friends in the North
and made it our own.
That will establish the fact that I
never gave my father a tie. The island was hot enough in the
1950s for any Puerto Rican father to succumb to a shackle on
his neck.
Yet, we gave our fathers handkerchiefs, tools,
shirts and an occasional bottle of their favorite rum...
"Don Q" was my papi's favorite or "Llave" when the budget
was tight.
So, I'll then share my version of the holiday
hoping that it will fit with all the other ones. ►READ STORY
TEMECUwhaat? Dept.
A Boondocks Puerto Rican social group to tout heritage
EMECULA
sounds like an obscene Barrio word but the area was inhabited by the Temecula
natives for many hundreds of years before their first meeting with the Spanish
Fuzz Patrol and Good Nature Missionaries.
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The Incomprehensible
Art of Pleasing
Others
Oh, I've gotten Hell on
Earth for voicing my opinion here and there... Sometimes I feel like I need to buy me a
shotgun and shoot the computer, printer, modem, et al ...and just go back a
notepad and a pencil. But you know, I can't live by myself, I'm too gregarious
to not even have a dog that I could boss around... "Mira, apéate del sofá,
sato asqueroso..." ►Read Story
The All Powerful Mother
►Edited by Don Jibaro
ow hard it is to find a
capable mother! She is worth far more than jewels! Her husband
puts his confidence in her, and he will never be poor. As
long as she lives, she does him good and never harm. She
keeps herself busy making wool and linen cloth. ► READ MOTHERS DAY
2009 Puerto
Rican Parade in NY
Only one photo will I display... One
picture...1,000 words. This is the unquenchable Boricua spirit,
representing and being counted. I complained I had no shoes until I met
somebody who had no feet. God Bless My People! ¡Pa' encima!
by Don Jíbaro
Simply put,
Puerto Ricans in PR do not need the continual reminding that a guanime is a "sorullo"
(croquette) wrapped in a banana leaf.
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The Empty Bed
Heart-breaking Translation by Don Jíbaro
A few years ago I was playing my guitar for my wife at home. I came
upon this old tango my Dad used to quote... "La Cama Vacía" (The Empty Bed). I
remembered the lyrics and went on to sing it for her as I played. Half way
through the song I began to weep. I didn't stop playing, and my singing became a
cry of sadness. With tears in my eyes, I stopped...►READ
STORY
Most of the people that go
for vacation outside of their own country have a predilection for
tropical sites. The imagery of white sand beaches and clear blue skies
with real cotton-like plump white clouds suggests through artistry and
imagination a vivid impression of a tropical paradise! Ah! Away from it
all!
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