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=Puerto Rico =

= Alfredo = = = Puerto Rico is a group of islands made up of the mainland of Puerto Rico, Viques, Culebra, Mona, Desecho,and Caja de Muertos. Puerto Rico is very mountanious and has large coastal lines on the north and the south and many rivers. The rivers to the north are longer and have a higher water level than those of the south, since the south gets less rain than the central and northern regions. There are a total of 17 lakes; all which are man-made.



Starting early in the season, people go from house to house or farm to farm and sing carols called aquinaldos and villancicos. They wear bright colored home-made clothes too. The carolers are rewarded with food and drink, and as they go on, the people from the houses join in and end up having a huge crowd. Nine days before christmas, the Mass of the Carols starts. It starts every moring at 5:30 a.m. It is filled will music and the caroling starts on the way to work or school or on the way home.

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Christmas starts early in the month of December (for some right after Thanksgiving) and doesn't usaully end until the middle of January. This is a time for celebrating with friends and family. In a lot of ways, Christmas in Puerto Rico is similar to that in North America and the United States. Decorating your homes and setting up a christmas tree is very popular. Scenes of the nativity are also seen at many of the homes. Traditional foods are also made, including the following: spit-roasted pork (lechón asao), arroz con gandules, plátanos, pasteles (mashed plantains or yucca, filled with meat and vegetables and wrapped in the leaves of the banana tree), seasoned rice with pigeon peas, fried plantains, and yams.



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