#Dominican Caribbean culture

[anudavid]

AnuDavid & the Sleeping Giant part two: Return of the Refugee

[brujadepinarrio]

If you need more reason why Taínos don’t do blood Quntaum, take a look at Kiskeya (Dominican Republic) & Boriken (Puerto Rico) right now, tourist companies are stealing the land of the islands, displacing locals, and killing the ecosystem, however because people think the Taínos are extinct cause of a European concept not even rooted in science, they are actively allowed to do this shit, Tainos are not extinct, we are still here with our culture and we will defend our fucking islands

[tina-aumont]

Interesting information I came across today...

Since June 2022 the Guarocuya Cultural Society and the Guarocuya Cultural Society Museum are working to make possible a museum for María Montez.

The beautiful thing to read is that Emilia Gracia Lazin and Consuelo Gracia Vidal were part of the team to make that possible.

Here you have the information which comes from "Maria Montez Site":

The Guarocuya Cultural Society and the Guarocuya Cultural Society Museum work intensely with a team of collaborators including Vivian Perez, Emilia Gracia Lazin, Consuelo Gracia and the renowned American photographer Tom Zimmerman; in a joint effort to revalue the memory of this legendary Dominican actress, and that in line with the publications already made by Margarita Vicens de Morales, contribute to the well-deserved knowledge, preservation and appreciation of her work, permanently exhibited in a museum, which will be our starting point for careful studies of her life and cinematographic work. (June/06/2022)

Here you have the link to the Museo Sociedad Cultural Guarocuya and a very interesting PDF which has a little information about Maria Montez and I guess will be displayed in her museum once it opens!

[jadexiaa]

west indian heritage month!!

we up!!

[andthenlightningstrikes]

just rediscovered these pics sitting on my gallery i took at my friends backyard last month and honestly they sooo match the vibe of the third world dominican caribbean architecture and urban decandence i’m going for so

[havatabanca]

[jccheapalier]

5 notable groups that live and thrive in Puerto Rico!

[bdgettravel2024]

Dominican Republi

[mymusicbias]

[can08writer]

***New merchandise on etsy!*** Represent your favorite Caribbean country with this three pack of stretchy stackable bracelets. Made with 4mm glass seed beads. Bracelet is 8.5 inches in circumference and stretches. Cute gift or friendship bracelet.

[andthenlightningstrikes]

today’s been rainy

i’ll be a cliche and say i feel just like weather

change by churchill came on shuffle and honestly what a good song i discovered through one of those music channels that came in our tricom cable plan and those channels were so random i loved them i also discovered sinead o’connor’s excellent cover of sacrifice by elton john

but going back to change!! i loved it back then and love it now, around the time i discovered it i was having my cool kids by echosmith moment and also counting stars by onerepublic was on rotation so discovering change it kind of made sense in that soundscape i was vibing with so of course it went to my playlist and ever since i’ve enjoyed it in all of its indie sleaze glory once twice or thrice a year when it comes on shuffle and i remember its existence

[kookies2000]

Because I feel like it.

Yellow sky? Bare footed characters? Mostly a mess? Over exaggerating some of the Hispanic features. I saw the first episode, and it was just poorly written in general. And what mother calls their son "cochinada." Roughly translates to dirty or trash.

What's good Latino/Hispanic representation?

Colombian 🇨🇴

In the Caribbean region of Colombia, they light up candles and lanterns on December 8, before sunrise. So the candle giving them magic was a wonderful detail. Generational trauma is a thing for us Latinos, and this film handled it in a healthy and matuer manner. And I love how they didn't shy away with how Spaniards attacked and colonized latin lands.

Mexicans 🇲🇽

Yes, us Mexicans love death. 🤣 But hey, I was always taught to respect death, La Muerte, and our ancestors. So, it makes sense that many Mexican films talk about death. But I also like that Maya and the Three have Aztec, Mayan, and Incan mythology. Natives to Mexico.

Dominican Puerto Rican 🇩🇴🇵🇷

Luz mom is Dominican, and Luz dad is Puerto Rican. I appreciate a good interracial couple and a mixed child. Luz name also translates to light, and some Latinos are known for doing witch craft. Or at least knowledgeable about witches and demons, and no, we aren't evil. We just know how to handle this stuff. Plus, the owl has many meanings in Latino culture. To some, I believe the owl is a messenger of death and is telling everyone that death/danger is near.

Afro Latino. Puerto Rican 🇵🇷

I am a massive sucker for interracial couples and mixed kids because of this. I was working at a hispanic store as a cashier. This woman walks past me and starts talking to the bagger. The bagger has blond hair, blue eyes, and white skin. The bagger looks at me worried because she doesn't speak English. So brown skin, black hair, me has to tell the bagger that the lady wanted ice in Spanish. I then talked to the lady in English. Her reaction? "YOU SPEAK ENGLISH!" Same for a dark skinned man. So many people skip me and talk to him in English. He's Dominican, and he only spoke Spanish. I appreciate films that show Latinos in different skin types and features. We're not all brown. So yeah, the mass diversity in this film is just beautiful. And I love how they wrote Miles relationship with his parents. Realistic conflict and healthy communication. Not falling into toxic stereotypes.

Spainard Puss 🇪🇸 Mexican Kitty & Perrito 🇲🇽

Spaniards are considered Hispanic but not Latinos like Mexicans. And again, interracial couples for the win. And I love the realism in their romance that heals through healthy therapy. Many people see Mexicans as toxic, so having Perrito as a therapist and the one helping everyone emotionally, it's nice. Not every Mexican is toxic. And I love how you can tell their Spanish and Mexican even though their animals. Puss Spanish accent, Spanish actor, him being a ginger like some Spaniards, flamingo dancing, and gazpacho. Kitty, Mexican accent, Mexican actress, black fur/hair like most Mexicans, quinceañera, and I love how they gave her a luchador mask. Something that originates from Mexico. Also, my brother and I joke how we as Mexiacns can't swim and Kitty nearky drowns in the 1st film. 🤣 Perrito, he's a chihuahua with a Mexican actor. Enough said. I also want to say death is Brazilian because of his actor.

I don't know much about Spanish culture, but someone said the wishing star has a connection to Spanish culture. Is that true? If so, COOL! Because death is connected to Mexican culture. So, Dreamworks finding a way to combine Spanish and Mexican culture in one film is 100% magical.

There are many more, like Beverly Hills Chihuahua 🇲🇽. 🤣 That film is better than Primos. Emperor's New Groove, Peru 🇵🇪, and Rio, Brazil 🇧🇷. Not Hispanic but Latino culture. But this post is getting long. Primos! A huge step down in Latino/Hispanic representation. Especially since we have so many good films and shows that have proper representation.

[thewistlingbadger]

I love Jayce Talis so, so much. Like you just wouldn't be able to understand. As a Latino, there's just no representation of us in the media. Not in American media, not in a positive way. Especially in children's media and especially in animation. Especially as a Latino from the Caribbean, not a latino from central or South America. When I think about latino representation in media, my brain can only draw a short list of characters, most of which have only existed for the last couple of years- very recent.

Representation matters so so much because when you go your whole life without seeing someone like you, it's a weight you carry around. A weight you've known all your life that you didn't even know you had until you see representation. I literally cried when I saw encanto in theaters because that was the first time I ever saw a character look like me. It was the first time I realized I didn't grow up knowing representation. And encanto only came out three years ago! And I'm not even Columbian!

Miles Morales is the only character I have ever known that is Puerto Rican, my exact same ethnicity. How sad is that? I literally can't think of a single other character that's Puerto Rican. And even though I don't look like Miles Morales, he makes me feel seen because his movies do such a good job showing the culture. Like it literally makes me tear up when I think about certain things said in across the spideverse and certain moments in that movie. Miles saying spiderman is more Dominican, miles telling his mom bendición, miles eating rice for breakfast, giving an empanada to Miguel. It means so so much.

And now this leads up to Jayce Talis. Although his background isn't explicit and treated as an important part of the story, he still means so much to me when it comes to representation. Jayce looks like me. He has the same skin as me, the same hair. And the fact that he gets to be a flawed hero, a gentle, kind, intelligent, strong man, who makes magic and falls in love with a beautiful and powerful woman, who gets to be intimate and fragile, who is put into a position of power himself and makes mistakes and acknowledges those mistakes and learns from them...the fact that he has such a strong conviction and such firm beliefs, the fact that he values his friend above all else and is just so, so much. Jayce Talis is so many things, he pushes the boundaries of what us latinos get to be. And I'm so grateful to have a character like him exist.

Jayce Talis I love you they could never make me hate you don't ever change.