Ngembali ehamba iminyaka engamawaka, iPuerto Rico iqhutywe kwiimbali zamasiko. Ukusuka eTaíno ukuya kwihlabathi elitsha, ukususela kwimbali ukuya kumnandi, akukho ukungahambi kwamathambo, izilwanyana, amaqhawe, amaqhankqalazo, kunye nemimoya emacaleni emifanekiso eya kunceda ukuma i- boricua (okanye isizwe). Nazi ezinye ezimbalwa zamabali amathandayo avela kwintando yasePuerto Rico.
01 ngo-06
La Rogativa
ILogativa ngenye yeemifanekiso ezihle kakhulu ze-Old San Juan kunye neengcamango ezihambayo. Bob Krist / Getty Izithombe Umfanekiso obalaseleyo kwikona elithulileyo leSanal Old ubonisa umkhokelo onqulo oluqinileyo, ukukhumbula enye yeendaba ezilandelwayo zePuerto Rico. Ngo-1797, uSir Ralph Abercrombie kunye no-Admiral Henry Harvey bakhokelela ukuhlaselwa eBrithani ePuerto Rico. Eyona mikhulu kakhulu, amasosha aseSan Juan ayenzela izikhundla zawo ngelixa i-Abercrombie ibutho liphuma ukusuka empuma. Isiphumo semfazwe sasibonakala sibuhlungu, kwaye abemi base-Old San Juan bahlanganiselana nenkolo.
Ingqungquthela yokuba amadoda akwa-Abercrombie abone ukukhanya kwezibane ezininzi ekude kwaye alahlekisa ukuqhutyelwa kweqela lamaSpanish aqinisekisayo afika ekuhlanguleni isixeko. Ukugqiba ekubeni wayengenamandla okuwunqoba, iBrithani yashiya.
02 we-06
El Chupacabra
Alvin Padayachee / Wikimedia Commons / Domain Domain Isidalwa esaziwa ngokuthi i- El Chupacabra siye saxhaphaza iPuerto Rico, eMzantsi Melika, kunye neengxenye ze-US, ixesha elide ngoku. I-Chupacabra ithetha "i-berry-sucker," kwaye le ndlozi yaziwa ngokuba isela igazi leebhokhwe nezinye izilwanyana, ingashiyi nto ngaphandle kwesidumbu kunye namaqabana amancinci amancinci ukubeka ubungqina bayo bokufa.
Iimbono ziyahluka malunga noko kuchazwa yendalo kunye nemvelaphi yendalo. Abanye bathi liluhlaza, abanye bakholelwa ukuba luhlaza; abanye bakholelwa ukuba unamaphiko, abanye baqiniseka ukuba ngumfokazi owafika ePuerto Rico. Kwaye "I-X-Files" ibonisa enye yeyona mi boniso. Ingumlinganisi ongenamfihlelo, kodwa i- National Geographic isezantsi ukuphanda iChupacabra.
03 we-06
Ukutywala amaFrogs
Umncinci omncinci, umququ womthi womculo wasePuerto Rico, u-amphibian othandekayo. UDanita Delimont / Getty Izithombe Inkonzo yeHlathi ye-USDA iqinisile ivumelanisa umxholo wendawo "weemvula" ze-El Yunque. Kubonakala ukuba umntu unokwenza imbiza yerhagi encinane yomculo kunye nomculo we-coco tree , i-mascot engafanelekanga yasePuerto Rico. Inyaniso kukuba amaxoxo akhuphukela kwiindawo eziphakamileyo zehlathi elingasemaphandleni ngamanye amaxesha, kunye nezidalwa zabo zendalo, ukuqonda indlela abaziphatha ngayo, bahlale bebalindele. Esikhundleni sokukhawulela phantsi imithi ukuba ibaleke kubo, i-coquí iya kukhwela emoyeni; zikhanya kakhulu kangangokuba zihlahlela emhlabathini. "Ngokuqinisekileyo kudla amaxoxo"!
04 we-06
La Capilla del Cristo
Capilla del Santo Cristo de la Salud, Old San Juan, ePuerto Rico. @camerongoins / Twenty20 Ekupheleni kweCstreet Street kubona isonto elincinane elikufutshane nepaki eyaziwa ngamajuba ayo. Ngokuqinisekileyo akusiyo isakhiwo senkolo esihle kunazo zonke eSan Juan , kodwa uCapilla del Cristo , okanye "iSahluko sikaKristu," unomxholo onomdla wokuxelela.
Ngo-1753, insizwa egama linguBaltazar Montañez yayingqinela ihashe layo phantsi kweCrist Street. Ngelo xesha, isitrato saphelela ekupheleni kwehla, kwaye uBaltazar kunye nehashe lakhe bahamba khona. Ibali liya kuthi, njengamahashe kunye nomntu ehlanjelwe ekufeni kwabo, uBaltazar wathandaza kumsindisi ongumKatolika wokusindiswa, kwaye ungcwele waphendula umthandazo wakhe: lo mfana wasinda (kubonakala ukuba akazange athandazele ihashe lakhe). Enyanisweni, uBaltazar wafa, kwaye kwakhiwa isahlulo ukukhusela ezinye izingozi.
05 ka 06
Guanina
Ingqungquthela yaseGuanina ibaluleke ngokusemthethweni njengokuba ugqozi lovukelo lwaseTaíno olulwa namaqhawe aseSpeyin. UGuanina wayeyinkosikazi yaseTaíno eyayithandana negosa laseSpeyin elithi Don Cristobal de Sotomayor (ijoni elafa ngo-1511, ngaloo ndlela yabonisa amaNdiya ukuba iSpain yayifa). Umntakwabo kaGuanina wamthiya iSpeyin waza wafungela ukubulala uSotomayor ekuhambeni kwakhe ukuya eKaparra. Nangona u-Guanina axwayiswa, uSotomayor waqalisa uhambo waza wabulawa ngokufanelekileyo.
Ngenxa yothando lwakhe, iintloko zeentlanga zathi uGuanina ungumrhwebi kwaye wakhetha ukumnikela kuye oothixo, kodwa xa bamfumanisa, wayesele efile, intloko yakhe ihlala esifuba sakhe somthandi. Bangcwatywa ndawonye phantsi komthi we-ceiba.
06 we-06
Igosa le-Hummingbird
Andrew E. Russell / Flickr / CC ngu-2.0 Ingqungquthela yaseRomeo noJuliet kunye nokungenelela kokusindiswa kukaThixo, umlando we-hummingbird uxela abathandi beenkwenkwezi abavela kwiintlanga zaseIndiya. U-Alida kunye neTaroo bawa thandana emva kokuhlangana ngengozi ngedama ehlathini. Uyise ka-Alida wafumanisa i-trysts waza wahlela umtshato indoda evela kwisizwe sakhe. Intombazana yayithandazela oothixo ukuba imkhulule kulo mcimbi, kwaye yayithobela ngokuyitshintsha ibe yintyatyambo ebomvu.
I-Taroo, engazi kakuhle amaqhinga kayise notshintsho lwakhe lothando, walinda waza walinda kwidama kwaze kwaba ngenye imini inyanga yamhawukela waza yamxelela ngengxaki yakhe yokutshabalalisa. Wathandaza oothixo ukuba bamncede bamfumene, kwaye kwakhona baphoxeka, bamtshintsha waba ngumngcwabo.