ULoíza, ekumntla-mpuma-mpuma wePuerto Rico kunye ne-short drive ukusuka kwisixeko-dolophu saseSan Juan, ayifani nayiphi na indawo yesiqithi. Ekuqaleni ihlala ngamakhoboka ase-Afrika avela kwisizwe saseYoruba kwikhondo le-16, idolophini sele lide libe ngumphefumlo waseAfro-Caribbean wasePuerto Rico. Kuthiwa ukuba amakhoboka asebenze kumazwe apha aya kukwazi ukubona iinqanawa eza echwebeni, zithwala imithwalo esitsha yabantakwabo ukuba ifama i-sugar cane, ikhonkco nezinye izityalo kubahlali baseSpeyin.
(I-Taíno yasekuhlaleni yayincinci emva kokuba iSpain ifike kwisiqithi, kodwa abo bahlala bahlala befana nesimo esifanayo.)
Ingqikithi ebizwa ngegama
Kukho iintlobo ezininzi zabantu kunye neengcamango ezungeze uLoíza, kodwa elinye eliye ladlulayo kwixesha elidlulileyo ibali elingezantsi kwedolophu. Kubonakala ukuba uLoíza ubizwa ngokuba nguYuiza, owayengowesibini kuphela umfazi we-taíno cacique (igama lesizwe elithi "inkulu") kwimbali yasePuerto Rico. Eyona nto ibalulekileyo, kukho iirekodi ezimbini zeecacique kuzo zonke iCaribbean.
Loíza Namhlanje
I dolophu kunye nomasipala waseLoíza bahlala beyona ndawo inkulu kwiindawo zaseAfro-Caribbean kuluntu lwasePuerto Rico, kwaye amasiko kunye nenkcubeko yabo bahlala bebophelele kwiindawo zabo zelifa. Icandelo loMmandla wezokhenketho waseMpuma wesiqithi, idla ngokudlulela kwezinye iindawo eziqhelekileyo zokuya e-San Juan, njenge- El Yunque neFajardo .
Kodwa idolophu ilungele ukutyelelwa, ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa.
Phakathi kwale yithuba lokusampula uphawu oluthile lwe-Afrika lwezityalo zasePuerto Rican, jonga i-cavern yangomlando ngokwenene, kwaye uthathe i-peek ekhoneni elidala kunazo zonke.
Umthendeleko we-Saint James
ULoíza ukhanyisa ngokugqithiseleyo ngethuba lonyaka wakhe wongcwele wongqongqo, ngokuhlonipha uSy James, okanye kwi- Fiestas Tradicionales de Santiago Apóstol .
Isiganeko esinesigxina esiye senziwa ngoJulayi , ngowomnye wemibhiyozo ephawulekayo enemibala, ebonakalayo kunye neyentlalo. Ukugqithisa ukusuka kwi-Plaza de Recreo, umthendeleko uphuculo lweendleko zeSpeyin kunye ne- vejigantes "ngokutshatyalaliswa," izibhedlele, iikhonsathi kunye nokutya okukhulu. Inkwenkwezi yomculo yolu boniso yi- bomba y plena enzima kakhulu, isimboli somculo esivela e-Afrika esasuka eLoíza.
UkuLwendwela uLoíza
Ngethuba uLoíza akayi kukukhanyisa ngeminikelo yayo yokutyelela, kukho ezinye iindumiso zenkcubeko nezendalo ngaphaya komthendeleko wayo. Kodwa esinye sezizathu zokutyelela kukuzonwabisa ngohambo oluya eLoíza; kuba xa uqhuba apha, uya kudlula ePiñones , uluntu lwasekuhlaleni lwama-kiosks kunye neendawo zokutya ezikuloo ndawo ezizizo zonke iifritters, i-turnovers kunye nezinye ukutya okunomsoco. I-Kiosko "i-El Boricua" iphakathi kwezona zihamba ngokugqithiseleyo.
Kwakhona, ngelixa uhlala kuloo ndawo, ungalibali ukuyila i-coco frío , okanye amanzi akhukhunathiweyo, ukusuka kwelinye lezona zidibanki ezihamba ngeendlela. Umthengisi uya kukhangela phezulu nge-machete aze akhonze ngokutsha (ezinye iindawo ezinjenge-rash of rum, ngokwemvelo). Iconco yamanzi yenye yeLoíza eyona nto ivela ngaphandle. Esinye isizathu sokuba abantu beze kule ngxenye yasePuerto Rico (njengamanye amaninzi kwesi siqithi) kukufumanisa ukuba unxweme lwegolide oluxakekileyo, nokuba ingaba amachibi angenasiphelo adibene phakathi kolwandle kunye ne-sandbar eyenzelwe iintsapho, okanye iindawo eziqhelekileyo zesihlabathi segolide ezisemgangathweni.
Uza kufumana zombini apha, kunye nebhodi enkulu kunye nomzila ohamba phambili webhayisikili (unokuqeshisa iibhayisikili kwiziko leCOPI leNkcubeko ePiñones.
Enye yezinto ezivelele zokutyelela uLoíza yiMave kaMaria de la Cruz . Le galelo enkulu yafunyanwa ngu-Archaeologist uDkt. Ricardo Alegria ngowe-1948 kwaye yaba yinto ebalulekileyo kwimimandla efunyenwe ngaphakathi, eyanikezela ubungqina bokuba bemi bemi bokuqala besiqithi, bebuyela kwisithuba se-archaic. I-Taíno i-artifacts ifunyenwe apha, kwaye umkhola ukholelwa ukuba uye wakhonza zombini injongo kunye nenqaba yokuhlala kwabemi bokuqala ngexesha leemvula neziphepho. Uza kubona iimpawu zomqolomba ohamba ngeNdlela 187 kungekudala emva kokuba ufike eLoíza ukusuka entshona.
Elinye indawo ephawulekayo kulo mmandla yiCawa yaseSan Patricio , phakathi kwamabandla amadala asePuerto Rico.
Kutholakala kwisikwere sedolophu, icawa ethobekileyo yakhiwa ngo-1645 kwaye idibene kwi-US National Register yeeNgingqi.
Ngaphandle kwezinto ezikhangayo, uLoíza ibalulekile kwimbali yayo ekhethekileyo, inkcubeko kunye nezithethe, ezigcina kulolu suku. Ukuba ukhangele i-adventure-path----beat-path-adventure, iLoíza kunye nePiñones eseduze yenza usuku oluhle, nje nge-short drive ye-San Juan.