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Sarkar Family, USA Travel Puerto Rico San Juan Museum Art
We Are Still Here, The Taino Lives!
“We Are Still Here, The Taino Lives! ” by Director Ermelinda Cortes, is an Educational Documentary fiscally sponsored by the New York Foundation for the Arts.
It encompasses a decade of research, including Mitochondrial DNA reports, and interviews with leading scholars from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, to the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez. The film examines and confirms the scientific, cultural, historical heritage, preservation and endowment of the diversified people of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. It addresses the vibrant evolution of the ancestral amalgam of the African, Spanish, and Taino, an indigenous people, previous believed to be extinct.
In We Are Still Here, The Taino Lives! Director Ermelinda Cortes brings you the Curator of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian, Dr. L. Antonio Curet to discuss the anthropological, ancestral wonder that is the Archaeological Project of Tibes, Puerto Rico. With Geneticist, Dr. Juan C. Martinez Cruzado, of the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez, we get to impart the findings in his groundbreaking DNA study. A study which includes the confirmation of Indigenous Taino MTDNA in present day Puerto Ricans.
Personal histories are shared by many, generous elders including the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues speaker, Tai Pelli, and Smithsonian NMAI Researcher, and Taino Elder from the Dominican Republic, Jorge Estevez, who work continuously on educating the public on the Taino Identity Beyond Columbus.
We Are Still Here. The Taino Lives!enlightens future generations by presenting new perspectives, narratives, and scientific research regarding the history of the people of the Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Strength, Love and support to all my beautiful people of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic! We will Rise!
Soundtrack by Debris of Titan and Don Julio & Lou STeeLo
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Museo Historico de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico Estéreo (((3D)))
Vista total del exterior e interior del Museo Histórico de Las Piedras. Localizado en la Calle José C. Barbosa #101 al lado de la Escuela Carmen Benítez de Las Piedras, Puerto Rico - Total view of the outside and inside of the Historical Museum de Las Piedras. Located in the Street Jose C. Barbosa #101 next to the School Carmen Benítez of Las Piedras, Puerto Rico
Every Dish Has a Story: Mapping My Food History | Von Diaz | TEDxPiscataquaRiver
What does the food you grew up with say about your family's history? StoryCorps producer and food writer Von Diaz shares the story of Mofongo, the Puerto Rican dish that taught her about embracing her Southern and Puerto Rican roots.
Von Diaz is a writer and multimedia producer who focuses on Latino food and culture, immigration, and LGBTQ issues.
Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico and raised in Atlanta, GA, she is also a self-taught cook who takes a multimedia approach to exploring the intersections between food, culture, ethnicity, and identity. In 2012 she launched the Cocina Criolla Project, which delves into classic Puerto Rican cooking and highlights new ways of approaching an underexplored cuisine. Her project has been featured in Newsweek Magazine, WNYC’s Last Chance Foods, and NPR’s The Splendid Table.
In addition to cooking and writing about food, she is also an Initiatives Producer at StoryCorps—a national oral history project that produces weekly broadcasts for NPR. Previously, she was Editor for Feet in 2 Worlds—an immigrant public radio project, and the Communications and Marketing Manager for El Museo del Barrio—a Puerto Rican museum and cultural institution.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
the history of puerto rico
The Ponce museum curator, a Mr. Mas, summarizes Puerto Rican history for John and I.
An Illustrated History of the Puerto Rican Art Movement in NYC (Full Version)
Research Seminar An Illustrated History of the Puerto Rican Art Movement in New York City
October 28, 2009
Afro Puerto Rico: The Islands Ties to Slavery
Most tourists visiting Puerto Rico do not know about the African history of the island.
For many years, the Black history of Puerto Rico was omitted from Puerto Ricos history books. Thats why, El Museo de Nuestra Raiz Africana (the Museum of our African Roots), located in Plaza San Jose of the Old San Juan, highlights the African heritage of the island through paintings, artifacts, documents and photos.
Drums used in the African derived sounds of Bomba and Plena are on display along with local Afro-Puerto Rican art, such as the masks used in the music festivals of the historically Black town of Loiza. These artifacts show how the modern festivals, customs and cuisines trace their roots back to Africa. Orlando Abreo, guide of the museum, explains how Puerto Ricans are becoming more conscious and accepting of their African heritage.
Latino Museum Of History, Art & Culture - Artist Sandra Sarmiento
Downtown Los Angeles July Art Walk; Latino Museum Of History, Art & Culture
Presenting Artist Sandra Sarmiento
Sandra Sarmiento was born in Bogotá, Colombia. She grew up immersed in art and performance. Her father, a retired classical violinist of the Colombian Symphony Orchestra, and her mother, a ballet dancer, inspired the beginning of this art adventure. Sandra started ballet at age 4 and theatre at age 15, becoming a professional choreographer. Simultaneously she started her painting career, graduating in Fine Arts at the University Jorge Tadeo Lozano in Bogotá. Sandra combines her techniques in art and theatre, and the inspiration from the beautiful country she was born in to create her unique paintings with great sense of movement, color, emotions and body expressions. sandra@sarmientoart.com
Blaze-Out!
Caribbean History and Anthropology in the Archives: Cuba
Jorge Giovannetti (Sociology, University of Puerto Rico) on UnWithering Manolo: Comparative Notes on Caribbean Rural Life and Post-War Anthropology
Olivia Gomes da Cunha (Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro) on Producing People and (Arti)Facts: Notes on Ethnographic Knowledge
Ana del Carmen Vera Estrada (Instituto Juan Marinello, Havana) on El trabajo de campo entre la historia y la sociología: un problema de método en la coyuntura del cambio azucarero cubano 2002-2004
Chair: Ada Ferrer (CLACS, NYU)
Spanish Quarter Museum
Be sure to visit the Spanish Quarter Museum and the Castillo de San Marcos (old fort) when you visit us in beautiful St. Augustine, Florida.
The Colonial Spanish Quarter is a living history museum. Here, visitors step back in time in this interpretative museum that depicts life in St. Augustine during the 1740's. Costumed interpreters teach visitors about everyday life in colonial St. Augustine. A Blacksmith, Carpenter, and a soldier's wife are just some of the characters visitors will encounter at this museum.
Guided tours are available for school groups and adults. Self-guided tours are available everyday. Take a look at St. Augustine's rich past at this living history museum.
Reviving the Ancient Sounds of Mesoamerican Ocarinas
Jose Cuellar, Professor Emeritus of Latina/Latino Studies, San Francisco State University
Clay ocarinas are thought to be the most common musical instruments used by pre-Columbian societies in Mesoamerica. While little is known about the making and function of these wind instruments—often shaped in animal or human forms—their study reveals that they were associated with both sacred and secular activities. In 2012, musician and ethnologist Jose Cuellar researched the Peabody Museum’s extensive collection of clay ocarinas, flutes, and whistles from archaeological sites throughout Central America and Mexico. In this program he will discuss his findings about these ancient musical instruments and the people who made and played them, and he will also demonstrate their sounds using contemporary ocarinas.
Mar 31, 2016
Hidden Figures: Sylvia del Villard #BlackHERstoryMonth 14/28
Sylvia del Villard was an actress, dancer, choreographer and Afro-Puerto Rican activist. She was known to be an outspoken activist who fought for the equal rights of the Black Puerto Rican artist.
Del Villard was born in Santurce, a section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She received her primary and secondary education in the Santurce, and upon graduation, the Puerto Rican government awarded her with a collegiate scholarship. Sylvia went on to study Sociology and Anthropology at Fisk University in Tennessee; however, after enduring the anti-black discrimination that was rampant in the southern regions of the United States at that time, she returned to Puerto Rico and enrolled in the University of Puerto Rico where she earned her degree.
Upon graduating, Del Villard traveled to New York City and enrolled in the City College of New York. It was during this period that she was to develop a passion and love for Africa, joining the song and ballet group called the “Africa House” and tracing her African roots to the Yoruba people of Nigeria.
Sylvia began her professional career in her home country in 1963, singing and reciting at the Ocho Puertas del Viejo San Juan nightclub. From that moment she devoted herself to the arts, venturing into different genres in Puerto Rico and abroad. She shone as an actress, singer, dancer and choreographer in American productions and abroad; in Puerto Rico she joined the “Afro-Boricua Ballet” creating different presentations of African and Afro-Puerto Rican folk dance.
In 1968, she founded the Afro-Boricua El Coqui Theater, which was recognized by the Pan-American Association for the New World Festival as the most important authority of Black Puerto Rican culture. A lover of the poetic work of Luis Palés Matos, Villard opened the Luis Palés Matos Theater in the 70s in his honor. Located on San Sebastian Street in Old San Juan, she presented various artistic projects at the theatre before numerous controversies with the neighborhood caused it to close its doors. Feeling the complaints about the theatre were politically motivated, Villard went on a voluntary exile from Puerto Rico, returning to New York where she founded a new theater group named Soninke. Soninke developed a close relationship with the Museum of Natural History in NYC, and presented several Afroboricua artistic works there over the years.
In 1981, del Villard became the first and only director of the office of the Afro-Puerto Rican affairs of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture, and in 1989, Del Villard was diagnosed with lung cancer. She returned to the island to receive treatment for her condition, and died on February 5, 1990 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. At the time of her death, she was working on a cultural project called 'Port Africa.'
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Puerto Rican Artists Organization Outside El Museo del Barrio - June, 2012.wmv
Puerto Rican Artists Organization (PAO) taking it to the street in front of El Museo del Barrio during the museum's monthly Super Sabado event.
PAO is a nonprofit, membership organization for Puerto Rican artists working in all media. It facilitates, designs, promotes and advocates for projects and programs which foster the appreciation and growth of our unique cultural heritage, while addressing the interests and well being of the Puerto Rican cultural community.
In the Spring of 2012, PAO founding members met with, and opened a dialogue with El Museo del Barrio in the hopes of building a mutually beneficial relationship between the museum and the Puerto Rican artist community.
This is a start, and there's much work to be done.
For more about PAO contact:
General information: info@somospao.org
PAO events information: events@somospao.org
Membership info: membership@somospao.org
Our website: puertoricanartistsorg.org
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History of the Jews in Latin America and the Caribbean | Wikipedia audio article
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The history of the Jews in Latin America began with conversos who joined the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions to the continents. The Spanish permitted only Christians to take part in New World expeditions after its Crown expelled the Jews in 1492.
After the expulsion, many Sephardic Jews migrated to the Netherlands, France and eventually Italy, from where they joined other expeditions to the Americas. Others migrated to England or France and accompanied their colonists as traders and merchants. By the late 16th century, fully functioning Jewish communities were founded in the Portuguese colony of Brazil, the Dutch Suriname and Curaçao; Spanish Santo Domingo, and the English colonies of Jamaica and Barbados. In addition, there were unorganized communities of Jews in Spanish and Portuguese territories where the Inquisition was active, including Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Mexico and Peru. Many in such communities were crypto-Jews, who had generally concealed their identity from the authorities.
By the mid-17th century, the largest Jewish communities in the Western Hemisphere were located in Suriname and Brazil. Several Jewish communities in the Caribbean, Central and South America flourished, particularly in those areas under Dutch and English control, which were more tolerant. More immigrants went to this region as part of the massive emigration of Jews from eastern Europe in the late 19th century. During and after World War II, many Ashkenazi Jews emigrated to South America for refuge. In the 21st century, fewer than 300,000 Jews live in Latin America. They are concentrated in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, with the first considered the center of the Jewish population in Latin America.
National Museum of Fine Arts ( Old Legislative Building )
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Old South Side Day
Polish, Mexican and Native American heritages were honored at Urban Anthropology's Old South Side Day with cultural musical performances, living history and a tree dedication ceremony.
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Agustin Stahl Discovering Puerto Rico
A magic journey into the heart of the Rainforest: A tale of broken dreams and eternal hope.
Visit agustinstahl.com for Spanish and english text of the narration.
1898. Our naturalist reports to the new U.S. authorities on the Flora and Fauna of Puerto Rico: its contextual ethnography—the geological origins of the Island, the fate of its Taino inhabitants, then the African runaway slaves and the ruined European coffee farmers—and his dream of a Museum of Natural History to house his incomparable collection of watercolors, specimens, and preColumbian artifacts.
This the story behind Stahl’s short essay on the Flora & Fauna of Puerto Rico, written at the request of Dr. Henry K. Carroll and included in the latter’s 1898 Report on the Island of Porto Rico, a study commissioned by President Wm. McKinley to decide the exchange rate of peso to the dollar and make recommendations as to the future status of the Island.
The movie, based on his writings and watercolors, opens with Dr. Carroll’s request and tells the story of our foremost naturalist recalling his adventures of the River that runs thru the Rain Forest. How was the Island first formed? What do we know of its plants and animals? What of its first inhabitants? In this journey for new knowledge the naturalist stumbles on a missing link, a woodsman, a snake trapper, a Man of the Forest, who for years has harbored a half-burned diary, unable to read it, being illiterate as 90 percent of his fellow Islanders. In a Cave of Origins the Man of the Forest has Stahl unearth a buried treasure of indian artifacts—cemis, amulets, stone belts, ocarinas—remnants from a forgotten antiquity. Reading the scorched diary entries Stahl unearths still another forgotten world. A family of coffee farmers, their personal trials mirrored in the context of key events in the history of the Island (the Cédula de Gracias in the twenties, the Régimen de la Libreta in the forties, and the Lares Rebellion in the sixties).
It is a tale of broken dreams and eternal hope. Not unlike how the film ends— with a plead to Dr. Carroll by Stahl expressing his desire and permanent dream: to house his valuable collection of flora, fauna and indian artifacts in a Museum of Natural History of Puerto Rico—today, Stahl’s dream museum (shared by a growing number of scientists, artists, educators and institutions for over a hundred years) continues to be the impossible dream.
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An interview and tour of the FreyNorris Gallery exhibit at Art Miami, Dec 2009. Lance Fulford is interviewing Ramen about the selection of artists in the exhibit.
75th Anniversary of Ponce Massacre
75th Anniversary of Ponce Massacre from Amherst Media. Like this? Watch the latest episode of Amherst Media on Blip!
Event held at the Bangs Center on March 26, 2012
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