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Pava (Puerto Rico)

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Ordinary Puerto Rican Pava
The late Ángel O. Berríos drinking coffee and wearing his "pava" during a political campaign

The pava is a straw hat made out of the leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm. It is normally associated with the Puerto Rican jíbaro and with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).[1][2][3][4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Duany, Jorge. "Nación, migración, identidad: Sobre el transnacionalismo a propósito de Puerto Rico" (PDF). Transnacionalismo migracio e identidades: 69–76.
  2. ^ Torres-Robles, Carmen L. (1999). "La mitificación y desmitificación del jíbaro como símbolo de la identidad nacional puertorriqueña". Bilingual Review : La Revista Bilingüe. 24 (3): 241–253.
  3. ^ Moreiro, Julián (2000). Costumbristas de Hispanoamérica: Cuadros, leyendas y tradiciones. Mexico City: EDAF. pp. 289–90. ISBN 8441407037.
  4. ^ "Las mezclas del pac" (PDF). Arriba: publicación del Partido Popular para sus líderes. 1 (5): 4. 1960.