http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=08120906
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| Traditional masks |
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| Calle de San Sebastian |
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| Musicians playing and dancing in the streets |
The Puerto Rican festival in honor of San Sebastian first took place in the 1950's when a priest in Old San Juan organized festivities to raise money for church repairs. The revelry was discontinued some time later, but was then revived in 1970 when some neighbors on San Sebastian street decided to reignite the festival to benefit a school and some charity organization on the street.
Now this internationally known festival incorporates traditional costumes, music, art, and dancing into a modern city-wide party that is attended by more than 200,000 people.
This sounds eclectic and exciting, I hope you danced in the street and made interesting new friends :)
ReplyDeleteI did both of those things actually. It was a blast!
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