Calypso Indigo ,yes I bet you are very proud and have the full right to be since you are such a hot beautiful black Puerto Rican Princess! My God you represent the real Puerto Rican Beauty....
@@tapsirusaccoh3286 yea, I agree, but did you know even Flamango dancing has African roots from the Moors and Arabs, most of European civilization has been influenced by Africa and Asia, the Spanish being European are one of the countries in Europe that benefited from these influences.
I am actually surprised to read all of the comments on here by Puerto Ricans who are proud of their African ancestry because of what I have seen growing up in N.Y., comments from other Puerto Ricans who have spoke negatively about this part of the the culture, and what I have read in the comment sections of other videos!!! Good for all of the proud Afro Puerto Ricans!!!
MADNEW YORKER @ Mad New Yorker i understand your comment, but don't let anyone fuck up our relationship with our fellow bros and sis abroad. You and I both know we are 1 people different tongues but the same. We love our Afro- Ricans, Afro-Dominican, Afro-Brazillians. America is our homeland. Let Freedom Ring is our National Anthem. We love exchanging dishes with our fellow afro-latino and latin bros and sis. Keep the love for those who embrace our love. Anyone that don't show that love can kick rocks.
I never seen a puertorrican that wasn't proud of been who they are. We embraced all the ethnics group that makes a puertorrican, for some Puertorricans could be up to 4 ethnic groups, and most of the time black dna is the lowest, so low that some people don't consider them self african. Or black.
Thank you God for allowing me to be part of this amazing culture it is my absolute pride in this world to know that I come from these beautiful people Boricua hasta la muerte.🇵🇷✊🏽
Wow had no idea Sofrito came from African slave descendants. That is such a huge part of Puerto Rican cuisine. I love my roots because it's a true mix of European, Indigenous Indian and African which makes us so unique.
and where the internet type of behavior? from the Europeans who every race wanna be like. I'm just saying if a pr or Dominicans have black gene they are so quick to deny it or get mad with you about it if you mention it. but love to embrace European.
+Greg Medina This is BS, yes there's been mistreatment but there are lot of case where puertoricans help and even hide illegal immigrants coming to the island. If you going to tell a story at least tell both sides.
Meaning my mom is mixed. And honestly my daughter could call herself Puerto Rican for all I care, because I will educate her on the african heritage from myself and her "puerto rican" dad who is from Puerto Rico.
I love Puerto Rican Food so freaking much. I love sofrito, arroz, con gandules, habichuelas, bacaloa, coquito, todo que yo comi alla, pero me subi de peso muy rapido en dos meses despues de llegar alla, me habia ganado veinti libres y la mayoria del peso fue grasa lol hay dios mio que sabroso
I'm proud of all my roots, especially the African and Taíno ones. Like wut? I WISH I had been born with the beautiful skin color most Loízeños have. Their dark skin color is beautiful, and I love Bomba most! Btw they cook Coconut rice in Nigeria, and we do cook that in the most festive ocations too!
Bomba, not only in Loiza but all over the island where blacks play la conga (african drum) has african lyrics directly from Nigeria(Yoruba). Santeria, same as Haitian voudou just another language. Has the same names for the Orishas(saints), as those still used in Nigeria today. And yea they did do a study and found 90% of the black blood line in Puerto Rico is Nigerian.
Bryan Martin haitian voodoo is from the Fon people in Benin their spirits are called loas. They ask Legba for things. Ife is the origins of santeria which comes from the Yoruba people in Nigeria. There are similarities yes.
Yeah but the yoruba is not at all the same as palo mayombe, or vudoo or espiritismo just because they are of african base religion dont mean they are the same nope nope. Dont confuse the wasabi with the guacamole. And, yes...palo mayombe intertwined throughout time thru were one needs the help of the other...vodu in this case has no way no connections with the santeria, in the yoruba religion they dont try turning people into zombies get the facts straight and stop assuming or coming up with made up concepts or what you were told or read off the internet with erroneous information. That gives people a misconception about santeros. It's like a doctor and a dentist and a physical therapist they specialize in different health knowledge but are not the same. So explain yourself well and educate yourself well before you tell people that it's the same thing when it has nothing to do what one another. I have ocha crowned in Puertorico for over 30yrs so u tell me how long do u have your saint crowned
Jamaican food is Awesome , I love your spice in most dishes. Jerk Chicken is my favorite, smoky spicy and yummy. From PR and I been to your island its beautiful. My grandchildren are half Jamaican, now I am part of the Jamaican family. ...
Puerto Ricans don't deny the African influence in their culture nor that it contributed to the ancestry of many Puerto Ricans. However, .please note that Puerto Rican is a nationality and that there are Puerto Ricans who are of Korean, Chinese, and Middle Eastern descent. In fact, one-sixth of the Puerto Ricans on the island are of Korean descent. Trying to force these Puerto Ricans to admit that they have African forefathers is silly. There are also Puerto Ricans who are of pure black and not mixed with whites in a place called Loiza Aldea. To try to force them to claim European ancestry is also silly. And yes there are Puerto Ricans who are living there who are not mixed but are of European ancestry. Trying to force them to claim Taino or any other ancestry is silly. Also to keep in mind is that Latinos and the rest of the world don't abide by the USA slavery derived one-drop rule. Insisting that the rest of the world must abide by that USA Anglo -American Afro- American slavery-derived rule is also silly.
I was born in Yabucoa Puerto Rico I am Puerto Rican and proud of my mixed heritage....Through my ancestry my 9th Great grandfather was taken and shipped out of Africa in the year 1640 and became a slave in Aguada Puerto Rico.... His name that was given to him was "Machado" much love to my great grandfather and to Africa...... I love pegao it the best part of the rice....
I would really love to see 100% Puerto Rican with Acrican influences restaurant in New Orleans, La which have a large spanish influence there im more than sure Nawlins would love the addition on Afro-Rican Cuisine. I appreciate this video so if i ever visit Puerto Rico i know what dish, area and native people to look for for guidance. Oh yeah having a interperter would be helpful
In 1983 I got to see The Cepeda Family dance and play drums it was awesome. I am Puerto Rican rised in NYC and it filled me such pride. We have to embrace our culture and have pride.
Regardless of the color of our skin we are what we are it shows in our DNA our children and grandchildren it's passed by generations... we are African, Spanish ,and Native taino... I am light skinned very curly dark hair I have very mixed features I love to embrace all three races I am not one or the other I am all three... que viva nuestra isla del encanto
Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Brazilian Societies have Quite A Bit in Common. The Majority of their Peoples share 'The Common Thread' of Being 'Mestizos'.( Mixed African, European, and Indigenous Native Blood & Roots).
Dumb in a cans and HAITIANS are the same country in two for the price of one...never compare it to Puertorico very different and yes, in Puertorico dominiHaitians or Haitidomini come ilegally in what we Boricuas call " Yolas-boats" and yes they have learned to eat our foods and then teach their people our P.Rican foods. Compare dumb in a cans to haitians or vice a versa they have a rich history which they share similarities. PUERTORICO is an island all to it self we dont share no soil with no one unlike (Hd/dH dominiHaiti/ Haitidomini ) i would say P.Rico and CUBA has similarities as a matter of fact there us a poem about PUERTORICO and CUBA look it up. "Puerto Rico y Cuba son un pájaro de las dos alas" Cuba and Puertorico are the wings of the same bird. There's no dumb in a can haitian mentioned in there in that poem, and the idea of the Cuban and P.Rican flag were made by the idea of a P.Rican and Cuban because of the treaty they once haf until the Americans and russians got in between just look at the history of Russian tryin to put bombs in cuba and the americans tryin to turn P.Rico into a state and having their I always on Puerto Rico why because strategically they're situated in the position in the Caribbean Sea perfect in tactics for nuclear war where from the Western Hemisphere taken practically hit anybody pinpoint very easy Dominican Republic has no history at all with the Puerto Ricans, the only history that they have is that they come and Jola boats illegally. Thats it.
@@Loco-melaza Wow your so disrespecful. I'm Boricua and I consider the people from Republica Dominicana my sisters and brothers. You need to keep your hate to yourself. Go check your DNA.
Im speaking of ancient moors who were Black....do some more reading and u will find more truth...my sources aren't faulty...present day moors for example moorish americans follow Islam
I'm glad to see that she set the record straight in the reason why we Dance bomba. Baby the dance is an expression of joy Is not an expression of oppression like a lot of of people are trying to make it. Is Puerto Rico was the only country also in Cuba Is that let the slaves have A-day off and also congregate to celebrate and dance.
Lets keep our traditions and people together. Watch for those who are trying to influence our demise by divide and conquer. Using black and white to separate us from who we are. Also the unity that took five hundred years to accomplish this thing we know as being Puerto Rican we cannot lose. Peace my brothers and sisters
Boricua hispanic india n black iam... We puerto rican era mix. The africa America Dont play the afrcan drum . i see a lot of of puerto rican cuba santo domingo they play the africa drum. I Dont look black but my Grand mother was i know how to play the africa drum .my son is black because of my DNA .
Then at what point do you focus on the African influence on the island? You seem to have an issue with highlighting the African influence on the island. So what if that influence isn't as large as the Spanish influence. It should still be touched on regardless of what size that influence is. No one in this video is trying to say that the African influence is the dominate influence on the island anyway.
No white Puerto Rican, have clear skin does not mean being white. Spain was conquered 800 years in Africa. The Moors, black Muslims. Therefore Spain have different physical culture and northern Europe.
How if North Africans are Berbers light skinned people. The Canary Islands skill has Berber lineage the Basque have been in northern before any of these other people and are the only people never conquered or ousted by romans and moors.
Brandon Irizarry Some Berbers are darkskin like Aboriginal Africans, while some are lighter skin due to mixing. However, over 90% of Berbers have African Y-DNA male lineage. However, they have a mixture of X-Dna female lineage. The original Berbers were darskin, but they mixed with foreigners so much that many have lost their color.
Raymond Nolan Scott Actually, the oldest bones in Iberia were aboriginal African type. Remember, out of Africa theory, all lands were originally inhabited by Aboriginal African peoples. Those aboriginal Africans traveled out of Africa into other areas and mixed with non-humans such as Neanderthals and Denivisians, and the result was the other races of people (Europeans and Asians).
The Moors were are mixture of Black Africans and lighter skinned Arabs and both were Muslims. They controlled the Iberian peninsula for eight hundred years. Do some research. The Rock of Gibraltar is named after a Black African General named Tarik who led the forces from Africa to Spain to conquer their asses. The name "Gibraltar" comes from "gibral al Tarik" meaning "Tarik's mountain". Yes, I'm quite aware to the demographics of PR.
Siempre la gente mira el lado malo de las cosas mira todos los comentarios negativos ni tan siqueira hablan del arte de esta familia Ayala que han llevado la cultura de nuestro pais por anos,es una pena .Tienen que mirar la historia y despues hablar.
annabelle lopez lo unico que hablan es De el racismo.. es bien triste porque ser Puerto riqueño significa union. Somos una rasa unida Por una sombrilla De colores algo que no se puede cambiar. Somos quien somos y tenemos que embrace nuestras raices 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
Overall, the video on the African Culture of Puerto Rico is very educational. However, the restaurant scene raised a few concerns. First of all, the employees are black and the owner is white, which makes me wonder if the black population have any business owners. Also, the guy who made the drums is also white. Its like whoever created this documentary not painting a great picture of his subjects.
The reason the slaves in PR ate what they did sounds like the same story in the USA. American slaves ate what we call Soul food in the USA Today. Amazing..
So the African influence in food is the food which the slave owners gave to the slaves based on the cod tradition brought over from Spain and Portugal . The drums are mostly a mixture like they said, the dancing African, the language and architecture Spanish, the costumes altered from Spanish. And of course there is also a man painting cocoanuts
DAMM UNBELIEVABLE MEXICANS SOME HATE UP WHITE SUPREMACIST HATE US NOW WE GOTTA BREAK IT DOWN TO THE EXACT AMOUT OF SPAIN OR AFRICA ETC THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SOOOOOOO SAD IF YOUR 75 PERCENT SPANISH DOES THAT MAKE YOU BETTER THAN SOMEONE 75 PERCENT AFRICAN ONLY 20 PERCENT SPAIN AND 5 PERCENT TIANO INDIAN WHERE DOES IT CUT OFF THATS WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED SOOOO MUCH HATRED DAMMM IF IT ALL STARTED WITH ADAM AND EVE WE'RE ALL INDIRECTLY RELATED BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP SO IS RACE BUT DONT BE SURPRISED IF YOU FIND OUT YOUR MIXED WITH 15 DIFFERENT THINGS GOD IS SERIOUSLY SHAKING HIS HEAD LETS MAKE DONALD TRUMP PROUD DAMMMMMMMMMMM
They're talking about African culture in Puerto Rico alot of Puerto Ricans are of African descent so the culture is heavily influenced by Africa how could you not understand this lol
pienso que le davan lo mejor la gandinga con arroz Blanco y aguacate no tiene precio pero tambien han tomado eso de africa mucho a pecho yo no pienso en ningun fucking acenstro soy boricua puertorriqueno y thats all.... voy a vivir cosas viejas que ya no existen... i live the modern times not the old world... people thinks they are one two trhee race and they not love one sometimes them self ...
Spanish people, of course, are European . But parts of Spain and Portugal were conquered by the Moros or Moors in English, parts of which, (the small area around Granada) for 700 years. To be fair Granada was a vassal state for more than 250 years taking in Muslims who were kicked out of other parts of Spain and paying taxes to the Spaniards. The Moors were mostly Berbers who were defeated by Arabs who then converted them to Islam. North Africa is still mostly Berber in blood though Arabic is spoken in the main cities. Berbers call themselves "Amazigh" (singular). If you want to know what the Berbers, that is the Moors, look like, just TH-cam "Amazigh" or "Amazigh people" The Berbers of course are not black . Indeed they used to venture southwards and enslave or buy Back slaves from the well-known slave markets in Gao, Djenné, Timbuktu etc . It was fairly easy to do that because only one family ruled the area and it was easy for the advancing Moors to convert the chief to Islam and then both to arrange the slavery and transfer of non-Muslim Blacks to the coast. There were so many slaves that Black persons are often referred to in Moroccan, Algerian, Libyan, Egyptian homes, streets even on TV as"abid" which literally means slaves
Moors predate Islam and Arabs. Ever heard of Mauretania? Maure (Moors) Ta (land) Nia (of the) = Land of the Moors. This land name goes back to ancient times! The so-called Arabs at this time were black anyways (Phoenician), and not amalgamated yet. What about Mauryan dynasty in India from over 500 BC, these were Moors too! What about the Maori peoples of Polynesia, these weren't Arabs! What about the Khmer (Moors) Empire in SE Asia, where the Arab descent? No LOL What about Tamare (Egypt)
God!!! If your going to narrate a documentary on another culture learn to pronounce the terms you are using! This English guy mispronounced Loiza as Loaza, and Vejigante as Veagoante. He didn't even try and honestly, CNN could do better.
Igbo and Yoruba slaves brought to PR was Israelites too. I know this because they fit the prophecies in Deu 28. And I studied their history and customs. Also I met an Igbo elder while teaching here in Chicago.
Tribe of Ephraim we are the chosen people all the 12 tribes will only receive salvation.Only when we start to follow the laws statutes and commandments.
+guemal madon Learn how to spell correctly. Imbecile. Lol. I know a real Israelites from one from Israel the other Galactica and another who father is a Syrian Jew. They are so called black and Latino looking. Not leper looking Caucasians. My forefathers was Israelites from England. LMAO. XD
guemal madon Your a typical dumbass. America is 300 years old. In Deu 28:64 it says Israel shall be scattered around the earth. Not half the earth. Unlearned leprous puppy. Lol.
DNA studies are showing that while not all, the majority of Puerto Ricans are tri-racial. According to these studies the average Puerto Rican is about 64% European, 21% Subsaharan African and 15% Taino Native American. About 10% of the total population is only White and Taino mix and another 10% of the population is only African and White. There are still a small number about 5% that are Full blood African blacks and 5% are Full blood White. The racial make up keeps changing because for the past 100 years people are mixing with people from the USA and almost every part of the earth.
thank you!!!! we mixed with taino being our roots that had blended so that is why there are les sin numbers but it does still exisit and we carry several mixtures within it and u can see through the variations of pr that this is true.
***** No it's not....stop with that stupid talk. We have enough division in the world without this kind of thinking. Only one who benefits from your way of thinking is the enemy of us all.
Domingo Hernandez I agree with your original post, people keep saying about that everyone has the three races mixed in their blood, and that's not true, some families never married a black person, but culturally Puerto Ricans are more than three races. It's not about division or classifying people, at the end of the day we all are humans, but being realistic, not all people form the Island are mixed, period. And also I don't like people that want me to say the race I am, my skin is brown so they want me to say that I'm proudly an Afro-Rican; I'm not an Afro-Rican, cause that's saying I'm black, and I'm half white, so I'm Mixed and leave it like that, or generally speaking a mulato, with Taino traces and Arabian from Spain, cause of my face complexions, so people shouldn't try to classify people in the name of 'being patriotic and proud of who you are".
Yea that Africans where left there, but they came at the end, and have no origin in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are a beautiful peace-loving people who had to protect their island from the Caribe people better known as the Caribbean, so please the Puerto Ricans where protecting the island against them not to unite them.
Phoenicians were not black at all. Their haplogroup was E35+J1 meaning Mediterranean (white) with Semitic which is not balck either. Arabs invaded north africa and arabic languages in Africa are nothing but a colonial language. Please review the literature before posting random comments.
I don't blame any Hispanics who deny their African ancestry. We must remember that slavery is not a very nice legacy to have. It says you are less and that you lost your dignity.
I'm Mixed-Boricua and i prefer to have my africans ancestry than have murderers, rapers and thieves as my ancestors because that's not a very nice legacy to have and a embarrasing one to tell you the truth...
You say, you lost your dignity? You mean to say it was taken away... And hundreds of year of the genocide done to my people and in this day and age bigots like you still exist... Now that is embarassing on your end
Im proud Afro Rican. Good to know full history :)
***** :)
and if that's really you in the pic, be proud of how beautiful you look in that pic
+Greg Medina Your lame ass is dismissed.
Calypso Indigo Same here. wepa!!!!!
Calypso Indigo ,yes I bet you are very proud and have the full right to be since you are such a hot beautiful black Puerto Rican Princess! My God you represent the real Puerto Rican Beauty....
im proud of my african ancestors
@@izphilly1 sad too hear but very true.
Without African influences in l as tin America and jthe Caribbean the will be left with flamingo and bull fighting
@@tapsirusaccoh3286 yea, I agree, but did you know even Flamango dancing has African roots from the Moors and Arabs, most of European civilization has been influenced by Africa and Asia, the Spanish being European are one of the countries in Europe that benefited from these influences.
I am actually surprised to read all of the comments on here by Puerto Ricans who are proud of their African ancestry because of what I have seen growing up in N.Y., comments from other Puerto Ricans who have spoke negatively about this part of the the culture, and what I have read in the comment sections of other videos!!!
Good for all of the proud Afro Puerto Ricans!!!
That's because you're equating New York Ricans with people born on the island, 2 very different cultures!
MADNEW YORKER @ Mad New Yorker i understand your comment, but don't let anyone fuck up our relationship with our fellow bros and sis abroad. You and I both know we are 1 people different tongues but the same. We love our Afro- Ricans, Afro-Dominican, Afro-Brazillians. America is our homeland. Let Freedom Ring is our National Anthem. We love exchanging dishes with our fellow afro-latino and latin bros and sis. Keep the love for those who embrace our love. Anyone that don't show that love can kick rocks.
I never seen a puertorrican that wasn't proud of been who they are. We embraced all the ethnics group that makes a puertorrican, for some Puertorricans could be up to 4 ethnic groups, and most of the time black dna is the lowest, so low that some people don't consider them self african. Or black.
@@40INTENSITY Not kidding!!!!!!
@@337Brian Dont know wo you are and don't care
Thank you God for allowing me to be part of this amazing culture it is my absolute pride in this world to know that I come from these beautiful people Boricua hasta la muerte.🇵🇷✊🏽
I screamed at my computer when he wasted all that coconut water. lol
NydiaSimone TV Rotfl. ..😭😭😭😭
lol i knew someone was gonna make this comment,i thought the same thing wen he emptied it out.haha
NydiaSimone TV Lol. I thought the same thing
Lol
me too lol
Wow had no idea Sofrito came from African slave descendants. That is such a huge part of Puerto Rican cuisine. I love my roots because it's a true mix of European, Indigenous Indian and African which makes us so unique.
I have dark pr friends WHO told me that the white pr shits on the dark pr. the same with Mexicans and people from Guatemala
and where the internet type of behavior? from the Europeans who every race wanna be like. I'm just saying if a pr or Dominicans have black gene they are so quick to deny it or get mad with you about it if you mention it. but love to embrace European.
And that's why I like Puerto Ricans cause at least you guys don't deny you guys ancestry. 🇵🇷🇵🇷 Boricua Amor!!!!
+Greg Medina well put, I never thought of it like that. 🤔
+Greg Medina This is BS, yes there's been mistreatment but there are lot of case where puertoricans help and even hide illegal immigrants coming to the island. If you going to tell a story at least tell both sides.
I'm from South Afrika and see Puerto Rico is an extension of our Afrikaness
@darkeagle been African is not a question of race, wdym
and majority of slaves came from central Africa ,boma language is from Congo or Angola
What part in South Africa/what tribe?
man i love chopping coconuts and drinking the water. i was doing that in guyana. respects to puerto rico
Too Real For These Fake People
You're from my country?
@@extremepicks Says the faker himself.
Meaning my mom is mixed. And honestly my daughter could call herself Puerto Rican for all I care, because I will educate her on the african heritage from myself and her "puerto rican" dad who is from Puerto Rico.
Are you asking some one, how to raise your daughter????? Are you people real puertorricans, that sound llke bullshit to me
I’m tired of ignorant people who keep calling ricans white
BEAUTIFUL MUSIC! THANK YOU PR!
I love Puerto Rican Food so freaking much. I love sofrito, arroz, con gandules, habichuelas, bacaloa, coquito, todo que yo comi alla, pero me subi de peso muy rapido en dos meses despues de llegar alla, me habia ganado veinti libres y la mayoria del peso fue grasa lol hay dios mio que sabroso
Matthew Kelly all from Africa
whatever you can say the most interesting thing is the most influence in Africa
Tete Melanin yup 🙌🏽 proud of my African roots
I'm proud of all my roots, especially the African and Taíno ones. Like wut? I WISH I had been born with the beautiful skin color most Loízeños have. Their dark skin color is beautiful, and I love Bomba most! Btw they cook Coconut rice in Nigeria, and we do cook that in the most festive ocations too!
Bomba is from Congo not Nigeria
Bomba, not only in Loiza but all over the island where blacks play la conga (african drum) has african lyrics directly from Nigeria(Yoruba). Santeria, same as Haitian voudou just another language. Has the same names for the Orishas(saints), as those still used in Nigeria today. And yea they did do a study and found 90% of the black blood line in Puerto Rico is Nigerian.
Bryan Martin haitian voodoo is from the Fon people in Benin their spirits are called loas. They ask Legba for things. Ife is the origins of santeria which comes from the Yoruba people in Nigeria. There are similarities yes.
I know you couldnt be a black American, cause they know nothing about santeria, drums or the yoruba people
Yoruba is the ancestor to Benin ancient (Dahomey)..... meaning they are the same people
@@Raymyz1 cool
Yeah but the yoruba is not at all the same as palo mayombe, or vudoo or espiritismo just because they are of african base religion dont mean they are the same nope nope. Dont confuse the wasabi with the guacamole. And, yes...palo mayombe intertwined throughout time thru were one needs the help of the other...vodu in this case has no way no connections with the santeria, in the yoruba religion they dont try turning people into zombies get the facts straight and stop assuming or coming up with made up concepts or what you were told or read off the internet with erroneous information. That gives people a misconception about santeros. It's like a doctor and a dentist and a physical therapist they specialize in different health knowledge but are not the same. So explain yourself well and educate yourself well before you tell people that it's the same thing when it has nothing to do what one another. I have ocha crowned in Puertorico for over 30yrs so u tell me how long do u have your saint crowned
Been there and it's a truly beautiful place and the food is absolutely great very close to our Jamaican cuisine
Jamaican food is Awesome , I love your spice in most dishes. Jerk Chicken is my favorite, smoky spicy and yummy. From PR and I been to your island its beautiful. My grandchildren are half Jamaican, now I am part of the Jamaican family. ...
Thanks but likewise friend. As a Puerto Rican I enjoy Jamaican food because it’s basically the same food we eat just more spicy which I like.
My great grandfather from my mom’s side of the family was 💯 % Puerto Rican
There is no such thing as 100% rican you are either black white or a mixture It's a culture not a race
TE AMO PUERTO RICOOO! 😘🇵🇷
Love the food love the music love the fun times !
Great presentation
He is amazing!
Very rich Culture and History I learnt a lot about my brotha's and sista's from the islands..
Puerto Ricans don't deny the African influence in their culture nor that it contributed to the ancestry of many Puerto Ricans. However, .please note that Puerto Rican is a nationality and that there are Puerto Ricans who are of Korean, Chinese, and Middle Eastern descent. In fact, one-sixth of the Puerto Ricans on the island are of Korean descent. Trying to force these Puerto Ricans to admit that they have African forefathers is silly.
There are also Puerto Ricans who are of pure black and not mixed with whites in a place called Loiza Aldea. To try to force them to claim European ancestry is also silly.
And yes there are Puerto Ricans who are living there who are not mixed but are of European ancestry. Trying to force them to claim Taino or any other ancestry is silly.
Also to keep in mind is that Latinos and the rest of the world don't abide by the USA slavery derived one-drop rule. Insisting that the rest of the world must abide by that USA Anglo -American Afro- American slavery-derived rule is also silly.
Wow amazing !!! Loved watching this
I was born in Yabucoa Puerto Rico I am Puerto Rican and proud of my mixed heritage....Through my ancestry my 9th Great grandfather was taken and shipped out of Africa in the year 1640 and became a slave in Aguada Puerto Rico.... His name that was given to him was "Machado" much love to my great grandfather and to Africa...... I love pegao it the best part of the rice....
I would really love to see 100% Puerto Rican with Acrican influences restaurant in New Orleans, La which have a large spanish influence there im more than sure Nawlins would love the addition on Afro-Rican Cuisine. I appreciate this video so if i ever visit Puerto Rico i know what dish, area and native people to look for for guidance. Oh yeah having a interperter would be helpful
Would be nice, the only problem is that there is not 100% of any thing in Puerto Rico.
In 1983 I got to see The Cepeda Family dance and play drums it was awesome. I am Puerto Rican rised in NYC and it filled me such pride. We have to embrace our culture and have pride.
Not all Puerto Ricans are of the 3 races. Some are still majority black and others white.
MrSivram28 the core population is multiracial. Some are almost purely African and some are almost purely European
Regardless of the color of our skin we are what we are it shows in our DNA our children and grandchildren it's passed by generations... we are African, Spanish ,and Native taino... I am light skinned very curly dark hair I have very mixed features I love to embrace all three races I am not one or the other I am all three... que viva nuestra isla del encanto
True
@@seana.3780 which population you talking about Haiti????....
Are you from Haiti?????
This is awesome I missed my Island
Love and respect for all people's in
P.R. and the world.
Puerto Rican, Dominican, and Brazilian Societies have Quite A Bit in Common. The Majority of their Peoples share 'The Common Thread' of Being 'Mestizos'.( Mixed African, European, and Indigenous Native Blood & Roots).
were mulato.. not mestizo
They similar cultures but not DNA
@@Ozama1221 you mean you are a mulato, speak for you self. i am a puertorrican and will not pick sizes like afro Americans
Dumb in a cans and HAITIANS are the same country in two for the price of one...never compare it to Puertorico very different and yes, in Puertorico dominiHaitians or Haitidomini come ilegally in what we Boricuas call " Yolas-boats" and yes they have learned to eat our foods and then teach their people our P.Rican foods. Compare dumb in a cans to haitians or vice a versa they have a rich history which they share similarities. PUERTORICO is an island all to it self we dont share no soil with no one unlike
(Hd/dH dominiHaiti/ Haitidomini ) i would say P.Rico and CUBA has similarities as a matter of fact there us a poem about PUERTORICO and CUBA look it up. "Puerto Rico y Cuba son un pájaro de las dos alas" Cuba and Puertorico are the wings of the same bird. There's no dumb in a can haitian mentioned in there in that poem, and the idea of the Cuban and P.Rican flag were made by the idea of a P.Rican and Cuban because of the treaty they once haf until the Americans and russians got in between just look at the history of Russian tryin to put bombs in cuba and the americans tryin to turn P.Rico into a state and having their I always on Puerto Rico why because strategically they're situated in the position in the Caribbean Sea perfect in tactics for nuclear war where from the Western Hemisphere taken practically hit anybody pinpoint very easy Dominican Republic has no history at all with the Puerto Ricans, the only history that they have is that they come and Jola boats illegally. Thats it.
@@Loco-melaza Wow your so disrespecful. I'm Boricua and I consider the people from Republica Dominicana my sisters and brothers. You need to keep your hate to yourself. Go check your DNA.
Moors were black not Arab....Moor is Greek for Black.....
im of moorish ancestry and i dont have black in me, i tested my dna and i came back part middle eastern not black, your sources are faulty
moors are african and/or arabic
Im speaking of ancient moors who were Black....do some more reading and u will find more truth...my sources aren't faulty...present day moors for example moorish americans follow Islam
Of course moors are Black.
thats not true, they were mixed.
Beautiful! ❤
Thank you, CrowdPlazza for been intrested in our culture. Especially my great grandfather is from Loiza. 😀🇵🇷👹.
Ahhh, a ball of "pegao' with beans stew. :-)
Whats the name of the song in the first couple of seconds in the introduction?
I'm glad to see that she set the record straight in the reason why we Dance bomba. Baby the dance is an expression of joy Is not an expression of oppression like a lot of of people are trying to make it. Is Puerto Rico was the only country also in Cuba Is that let the slaves have A-day off and also congregate to celebrate and dance.
C- DOUGIE Thanks you sound like a nice person and very smart.
ahahah! that was a kick in the butt!, it like a teacher showing a freshman how to do math
Lets keep our traditions and people together. Watch for those who are trying to influence our demise by divide and conquer. Using black and white to separate us from who we are. Also the unity that took five hundred years to accomplish this thing we know as being Puerto Rican we cannot lose. Peace my brothers and sisters
Boricua hispanic india n black iam... We puerto rican era mix. The africa America Dont play the afrcan drum . i see a lot of of puerto rican cuba santo domingo they play the africa drum. I Dont look black but my Grand mother was i know how to play the africa drum .my son is black because of my DNA .
Then at what point do you focus on the African influence on the island? You seem to have an issue with highlighting the African influence on the island. So what if that influence isn't as large as the Spanish influence. It should still be touched on regardless of what size that influence is. No one in this video is trying to say that the African influence is the dominate influence on the island anyway.
CrowdPleeza true the tend to sideline the African’s influences and call the Spanish instead of Afro Spanish
But it is tho, we are mostly influenced by our African roots
It seems like hard work making just one mask.
When you're up in age , something like that is the perfect hobby.
That's what is called craftmanship
The lazy find hard work in everything
We are african ancestors
It so funny a lot Spanish people calling the music and food as Spanish instead of them calling it Afro Latino
The Moors were more diverse than just black. They were of mixed Arab, Spanish, and Amazigh (Berber) origins.
No white Puerto Rican, have clear skin does not mean being white.
Spain was conquered 800 years in Africa. The Moors, black Muslims.
Therefore Spain have different physical culture and northern Europe.
+Escorpión Verde Spain was conquered 800 years in Africa. The Moors, black Muslims. LOL NOT IN AFRICA, BUT BY AFRICANS
ummmm...no
Iberians were in Spain and Portugal
The Iberian Peninsula consisted of Spain and Portugal
The Iberians were not black
How if North Africans are Berbers light skinned people. The Canary Islands skill has Berber lineage the Basque have been in northern before any of these other people and are the only people never conquered or ousted by romans and moors.
Brandon Irizarry
Some Berbers are darkskin like Aboriginal Africans, while some are lighter skin due to mixing.
However, over 90% of Berbers have African Y-DNA male lineage.
However, they have a mixture of X-Dna female lineage.
The original Berbers were darskin, but they mixed with foreigners so much that many have lost their color.
Raymond Nolan Scott
Actually, the oldest bones in Iberia were aboriginal African type.
Remember, out of Africa theory, all lands were originally inhabited by Aboriginal African peoples.
Those aboriginal Africans traveled out of Africa into other areas and mixed with non-humans such as Neanderthals and Denivisians, and the result was the other races of people (Europeans and Asians).
The Moors were are mixture of Black Africans and lighter skinned Arabs and both were Muslims. They controlled the Iberian peninsula for eight hundred years. Do some research. The Rock of Gibraltar is named after a Black African General named Tarik who led the forces from Africa to Spain to conquer their asses. The name "Gibraltar" comes from "gibral al Tarik" meaning "Tarik's mountain".
Yes, I'm quite aware to the demographics of PR.
As long you can keep them in africa with the moors and out of puertorrico you be fine
Wepa Boricua! Yoruba Boricua!
from Congo not yoruba
Siempre la gente mira el lado malo de las cosas mira todos los comentarios negativos ni tan siqueira hablan del arte de esta familia Ayala que han llevado la cultura de nuestro pais por anos,es una pena .Tienen que mirar la historia y despues hablar.
annabelle lopez lo unico que hablan es De el racismo.. es bien triste porque ser Puerto riqueño significa union. Somos una rasa unida Por una sombrilla De colores algo que no se puede cambiar. Somos quien somos y tenemos que embrace nuestras raices 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
@@josecaraballo6326 Pero lo mas triste es leer como los boricuas se tiran entre ellos. 💔
@darkeagle mija? 🤔
Overall, the video on the African Culture of Puerto Rico is very educational. However, the restaurant scene raised a few concerns. First of all, the employees are black and the owner is white, which makes me wonder if the black population have any business owners. Also, the guy who made the drums is also white. Its like whoever created this documentary not painting a great picture of his subjects.
Truly The Children of Israly has been scattered and peeled, but We will return to Our home land! It is a Heavenly Promise!
After a ancestry dna test I found out that I’m about 20% Puerto Rican and 5% African, this is probably where the African comes from.
The Afro Latinos are Puerto Ricans too!
Weeeeepa! que viva nuestra cultura!
Am confused here.. What is the influence in this video the drums or the food?
Some of both.
They were not afrikan slaves they were enslaved afrikans
Could you explain the difference?
I lived in Loiza Aldea in the 80s
I thought Stewie from Family Guy was the voice over ahah
I just find it disturbing. I call them "Moors" or "Aboriginals" because that's what they are.They are native to Mother Africa.
The reason the slaves in PR ate what they did sounds like the same story in the USA. American slaves ate what we call Soul food in the USA Today. Amazing..
Bomba!
WOW Puerto Ricans knows Moorish history
So the African influence in food is the food which the slave owners gave to the slaves based on the cod tradition brought over from Spain and Portugal . The drums are mostly a mixture like they said, the dancing African, the language and architecture Spanish, the costumes altered from Spanish. And of course there is also a man painting cocoanuts
Viva es maravilloso lo que ellos hacen
I only wished the presenter could have to pronounce certain words before doing his voice over. not alot to ask. I enjoyed it anyway.
No problem :)
Good for you, now go home
That's right girls
WI very cool
Puerto Rico por vida ya tu sabes
Are they telling us about the Puerto Rican culture OR The African influence!??!??!
I'm confused. 😕
Yeah me too.. Am confused 😕
DAMM UNBELIEVABLE MEXICANS SOME HATE UP WHITE SUPREMACIST HATE US NOW WE GOTTA BREAK IT DOWN TO THE EXACT AMOUT OF SPAIN OR AFRICA ETC THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SOOOOOOO SAD IF YOUR 75 PERCENT SPANISH DOES THAT MAKE YOU BETTER THAN SOMEONE 75 PERCENT AFRICAN ONLY 20 PERCENT SPAIN AND 5 PERCENT TIANO INDIAN WHERE DOES IT CUT OFF THATS WHY PEOPLE ARE GETTING KILLED SOOOO MUCH HATRED DAMMM IF IT ALL STARTED WITH ADAM AND EVE WE'RE ALL INDIRECTLY RELATED BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP SO IS RACE BUT DONT BE SURPRISED IF YOU FIND OUT YOUR MIXED WITH 15 DIFFERENT THINGS GOD IS SERIOUSLY SHAKING HIS HEAD LETS MAKE DONALD TRUMP PROUD DAMMMMMMMMMMM
Both. It's basically the same, i mean, Puerto Rican culture have a high African influence
They're talking about African culture in Puerto Rico alot of Puerto Ricans are of African descent so the culture is heavily influenced by Africa how could you not understand this lol
Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 culture is African culture
WEPA BORICUA 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 !!!
Actually the Taínos revolted and were killed by the conquistadors.🇵🇷✊🏽
Not all were killed. Many escaped and went to the mountains. Most Puerto Ricans have Taino DNA and it has been proven through DNA.
There are white puerto ricans, blacks too. The majority is mestizo.
If you are an East Asian Latino and move to Puerto Rico you automatically are a mix of three races. LOL
that's because they identify themselves as "black." a lot of afro-puerto ricans are ashamed to be black so they don't identify as such.
NO, puertorrican are ashamed of you black Americans, not about been african or black
pienso que le davan lo mejor la gandinga con arroz Blanco y aguacate no tiene precio
pero tambien han tomado eso de africa mucho a pecho yo no pienso en ningun fucking acenstro soy boricua puertorriqueno y thats all.... voy a vivir cosas viejas que ya no existen... i live the modern times not the old world...
people thinks they are one two trhee race and they not love one sometimes them self ...
wow this was kool to no about my culture thanks
Bronx in house
Nice.
Spanish people, of course, are European . But parts of Spain and Portugal were conquered by the Moros or Moors in English, parts of which, (the small area around Granada) for 700 years. To be fair Granada was a vassal state for more than 250 years taking in Muslims who were kicked out of other parts of Spain and paying taxes to the Spaniards.
The Moors were mostly Berbers who were defeated by Arabs who then converted them to Islam. North Africa is still mostly Berber in blood though Arabic is spoken in the main cities. Berbers call themselves "Amazigh" (singular). If you want to know what the Berbers, that is the Moors, look like, just TH-cam "Amazigh" or "Amazigh people"
The Berbers of course are not black . Indeed they used to venture southwards and enslave or buy Back slaves from the well-known slave markets in Gao, Djenné, Timbuktu etc . It was fairly easy to do that because only one family ruled the area and it was easy for the advancing Moors to convert the chief to Islam and then both to arrange the slavery and transfer of non-Muslim Blacks to the coast. There were so many slaves that Black persons are often referred to in Moroccan, Algerian, Libyan, Egyptian homes, streets even on TV as"abid" which literally means slaves
The Moors were African though.
Moors predate Islam and Arabs. Ever heard of Mauretania? Maure (Moors) Ta (land) Nia (of the) = Land of the Moors. This land name goes back to ancient times! The so-called Arabs at this time were black anyways (Phoenician), and not amalgamated yet. What about Mauryan dynasty in India from over 500 BC, these were Moors too! What about the Maori peoples of Polynesia, these weren't Arabs! What about the Khmer (Moors) Empire in SE Asia, where the Arab descent? No LOL What about Tamare (Egypt)
God!!! If your going to narrate a documentary on another culture learn to pronounce the terms you are using! This English guy mispronounced Loiza as Loaza, and Vejigante as Veagoante. He didn't even try and honestly, CNN could do better.
Igbo and Yoruba slaves brought to PR was Israelites too. I know this because they fit the prophecies in Deu 28. And I studied their history and customs. Also I met an Igbo elder while teaching here in Chicago.
Tribe of Ephraim we are the chosen people all the 12 tribes will only receive salvation.Only when we start to follow the laws statutes and commandments.
Those were Israelites but Africans are not Israelites but those dat irreverent weren't africans
MoorsAreIsraelites kaaaan
+guemal madon Learn how to spell correctly. Imbecile. Lol. I know a real Israelites from one from Israel the other Galactica and another who father is a Syrian Jew. They are so called black and Latino looking. Not leper looking Caucasians. My forefathers was Israelites from England. LMAO. XD
guemal madon Your a typical dumbass. America is 300 years old. In Deu 28:64 it says Israel shall be scattered around the earth. Not half the earth. Unlearned leprous puppy. Lol.
DNA studies are showing that while not all, the majority of Puerto Ricans are tri-racial. According to these studies the average Puerto Rican is about 64% European, 21% Subsaharan African and 15% Taino Native American. About 10% of the total population is only White and Taino mix and another 10% of the population is only African and White. There are still a small number about 5% that are Full blood African blacks and 5% are Full blood White. The racial make up keeps changing because for the past 100 years people are mixing with people from the USA and almost every part of the earth.
Please stop the lies.
The King What lies are you talking about?
thank you!!!! we mixed with taino being our roots that had blended so that is why there are les sin numbers but it does still exisit and we carry several mixtures within it and u can see through the variations of pr that this is true.
***** No it's not....stop with that stupid talk. We have enough division in the world without this kind of thinking. Only one who benefits from your way of thinking is the enemy of us all.
Domingo Hernandez I agree with your original post, people keep saying about that everyone has the three races mixed in their blood, and that's not true, some families never married a black person, but culturally Puerto Ricans are more than three races. It's not about division or classifying people, at the end of the day we all are humans, but being realistic, not all people form the Island are mixed, period. And also I don't like people that want me to say the race I am, my skin is brown so they want me to say that I'm proudly an Afro-Rican; I'm not an Afro-Rican, cause that's saying I'm black, and I'm half white, so I'm Mixed and leave it like that, or generally speaking a mulato, with Taino traces and Arabian from Spain, cause of my face complexions, so people shouldn't try to classify people in the name of 'being patriotic and proud of who you are".
Yea that Africans where left there, but they came at the end, and have no origin in Puerto Rico. Puerto Ricans are a beautiful peace-loving people who had to protect their island from the Caribe people better known as the Caribbean, so please the Puerto Ricans where protecting the island against them not to unite them.
there are semetic africans... ethiopians and eritreans
Phoenicians were not black at all. Their haplogroup was E35+J1 meaning Mediterranean (white) with Semitic which is not balck either. Arabs invaded north africa and arabic languages in Africa are nothing but a colonial language. Please review the literature before posting random comments.
SHOW ME YOUR FACE, I WILL TELL YOU IN A MINUTE WHAT ARE YOU
THE most INfluence was definatly EUROPEAN SPANARDS,the religion the language the culture ALOT of people from the ISLAnds even call themselves SPANISH.
I don't blame any Hispanics who deny their African ancestry. We must remember that slavery is not a very nice legacy to have. It says you are less and that you lost your dignity.
Well, it's not that we're trying to deny it, it's just that we aren't really that connected to African culture.
I'm Mixed-Boricua and i prefer to have my africans ancestry than have murderers, rapers and thieves as my ancestors because that's not a very nice legacy to have and a embarrasing one to tell you the truth...
mia Brewster African culture is everywhere though so maybe you just don't want to connect to it?
Very true!!
You say, you lost your dignity? You mean to say it was taken away... And hundreds of year of the genocide done to my people and in this day and age bigots like you still exist... Now that is embarassing on your end
Whats the name of the song in the first couple of seconds in the introduction?
Nice.