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Vejigantes
at Loíza Carnaval
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A Casals Festival performance
Festivals and Holidays
!
Ventana al Jazz
artists perform at various venues
in San Juan.
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May-Jun
$
Casals Festival
On the last Sunday of each
month, La Ventana al Mar in
Condado
(see p13)
becomes
a venue for jazz music thanks
to these concerts. Bring your
own chairs, blankets, and
refreshments.
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Last Sun of month
@
San Sebastian Street
Noted cellist Pablo Casals
(see p34)
founded this festival in
1957 to bring the world's best
performers and guest conductors
to Puerto Rico. Performances are
usually hosted at the Centro de
Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré.
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Feb-
Mar • www.festcasalspr.gobierno.pr
Festival
Puerto Ricans dressed in multi-
horned devil masks and colorful
costumes take to the streets
for this exuberant parade in Old
San Juan. After dusk, musicians
perform and DJs spin merengue
and salsa tunes, turning the
streets into a riot of sound and
motion.
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Jan; dates vary
£
Puerto Rico Heineken
%
Fiesta de Reyes
“Three Kings' Day”
commemorates the day the
three wise men brought gifts to
the baby Jesus. It rounds off the
Christmas and New Year festivities
and is a present-giving event -
the governor of San Juan hands
out gifts to children at his home
on La Fortaleza street.
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Jan 6
^
Fiestas Patronales
Jazz Festival
This week-long festival is one of
the Caribbean's top jazz events
and attracts thousands of visitors
and locals alike, as Puerto Rican
and big-name international jazz
Every town celebrates
its own patron saint festival
with religious processions,
live music, parades,
beauty contests, and
often
topes
- displays
of horsemanship. A
fiesta patronal
occurs
somewhere on the
island every week.
&
Loíza Carnaval
Puerto Rico's live-
liest annual folk and
religious ceremony
honors Loíza's patron
saint, John
(Santiago)
the Apostle, as well
Musicians performing at a
fiesta patronal
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