Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut and other Puerto Rican events in CT
Date1995-2000
MediumPaper
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
CopyrightIn Copyright
Object number2015.196.62.1-.6
Description2015.196.62.1: program booklet, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut, 1995
2015.196.62.2: program booklet, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut en Honor al Apostol Santiago, 1996
2015.196.62.3a-e: (a) program booklet and (b-e) flyers and inserts, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut, 1998
2015.196.62.4: flyer, Fiestas de Loiza, 2000
2015.196.62.5: flyer, Fiestas de Loiza, July 15-16
2015.196.62.6: brochure, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut
NotesSubject Note: Subject Note: Flechas Inc was a long running Puerto Rican arts, culture and advocacy organization based in New Haven, developed in 1977 by Menen Osorio and others who came from Loiza, as do many in the New Haven Puerto Rican community. They organized an annual festival beginning in 1978 – Fiestas de Loiza En Connecticut Honor al Apostol Santiago - celebrating the festival held in Loiza, PR, that commemorated St. James (Apostol Santiago) defeating the Moors in Spain. In this festival, both in Loiza and in New Haven, folk dances featuring costumed vejigante dancers were a major element of the presentation. Many of the most prominent Puerto Rican musicians in Connecticut and nearby performed over the years. Loiza is a town on the north coast of Puerto Rico with strong African-influenced traditions from its roots in the sugar cane industry and the culture of its enslaved people. Flechas devoted its work to educating audiences about the African heritage of Puerto Rico. 2015.196.62.2: program booklet, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut en Honor al Apostol Santiago, 1996
2015.196.62.3a-e: (a) program booklet and (b-e) flyers and inserts, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut, 1998
2015.196.62.4: flyer, Fiestas de Loiza, 2000
2015.196.62.5: flyer, Fiestas de Loiza, July 15-16
2015.196.62.6: brochure, Fiestas de Loiza en Connecticut
Flechas also held educational events throughout the year in New Haven, such as the Commemoration of the 1873 Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico and performances by the group’s Folkloric Bohio Dance Troupe. Lydia Perez of Yoruba II bomba y plena group also performed often at the Festival, and she was a mentor to Menen Osorio’s dance troupe in 1998-1999 under the Southern New England Traditional Arts Apprenticeship Program.
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Puerto-Rican-FLECHAS-festival-keeping-African-11634269.php
https://www.nhregister.com/news/article/Sports-Haven-in-New-Haven-steps-up-for-Puerto-11598172.php
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/dispatch_from_new_havens_puerto_rican_festival/
https://books.google.com/books?id=ZaVM2Y5qFqEC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=Fiestas+de+Loiza+en+Connecticut&source=bl&ots=T7W7ciChPF&sig=ACfU3U2AINfwOJHaGjT48-Zr5wKTdOEC5Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi56uPltIjwAhX8FVkFHcUvCZQQ6AEwEXoECBAQAw#v=onepage&q=Fiestas%20de%20Loiza%20en%20Connecticut&f=false
Additional audio, video, and/or photographic materials exist in the archive relating to this event and these artists.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
Status
Not on view
c. 1995-1999
