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NEW YORK IS MORE PUERTO RICAN THAN PUERTO RICO |
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And it might be possible to have some people come back and tell the stories of other ... you know La Fiesta de Cruz -- which you don’t have in Puerto Rico any more -- was here, vibrant and alive, every year. And also we used to have the place where you would come together to dialogue -- tertulias. It could be that the linkage with the younger element might be reached through the tertulia, with the older people and the younger people. The thing is that you need a place where to do it, not in a bar... behind the music section, but in a place where ... that might be conducive to be able to get at our old traditions that are still kept alive in New York. -- Which is one of the things that Puerto Ricans in Puerto Rico miss -- that New York is more Puerto Rican than Puerto Rico and it’s because some of those things are still alive. Lo mismo que las botanicas, the botanicas where they can do things for you for a few dollars. |