{"id":4142,"date":"2021-02-06T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T20:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2021a\/?p=4142"},"modified":"2021-02-08T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T01:59:38","slug":"cultural-aspect-of-a-garment-natalia-santiago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.ideate.cmu.edu\/99-361\/s2021a\/cultural-aspect-of-a-garment-natalia-santiago\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural Aspect of a Garment Natalia Santiago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The article I chose to talk about is titled Dress and Dance in Puerto Rico<\/a><\/em>, this article is found in the book Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion<\/em> under the chapter titled “Part 4: The Caribbean”. This section addresses the history and different influences behind typical Puerto Rican garments used in traditional dances and festivals. The article starts by looking at the Ta\u00ednos and Spanish colonialism in the 1400s explaining how the Ta\u00ednos’ short frontal slips (naguas<\/em>) and denotative jewelry were switched for typical European garments when enslaved. This figure then evolved into the romanticized vision of el jibaro <\/em>or the typical field working-man of the 1800’s who wore long sleeved-shirts and wide-brimmed hats with long pants to protect them from the heavy fieldwork. The article then moves on to explain how the clashing of the Spanish, Ta\u00edno, and African cultures produced different celebrations and music genres now typical to Puerto Rico. Each of these had its own characteristic garments such as la Bomba<\/em> which requires a beaded petticoat (enagua<\/em>). More modern music such as Rap and Reggaeton<\/em> have more distinct styles rather than garments which entail baggy pants with white sneaker shoes and flashy jewelry. In regards to the festivals, the article talks about some typical festivities that occur around the island which include masked figures that resemble bats in their clothing and are supposed to ward off evil spirits (vejigantes<\/em>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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