To explain certain aspects of Puerto Rican history and culture, anthropology Prof. Hal Barton needs more than decades of study can provide. Sometimes, he needs a dozen dancers and percussionists and ...

The first indigenous people encountered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 are not always widely recognized. Patricia Chali’naru Dones, a Newton resident, works to preserve the culture of Puerto Rico’s ...

CHICAGO (CBS) — Hundreds of people in Humboldt Park have a unique chance to connect with history and culture. The National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture is hosting a tribal council from ...

SAN LORENZO, Puerto Rico _ In Puerto Rico's misty, bamboo-studded mountains, elementary school students are studying a nearly extinct language, beating on drums and growing native crops like cassava ...

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Six months after Puerto Rico was pummeled by Hurricane Maria, the storm has not passed in the eyes of members of Rochester’s Borinquen Dance Theatre. “It’s still chaotic on the island,” said dancer ...