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Night Crawlers

African-influenced vijigante masks found in Puerto Rico.
by Staff
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Photo by: Joann L. Sheppe

Heavily African-influenced vijigante masks are worn by "devilish" participants in Loiza's "Fiestas de Santiago Apostol" (The Feast of St. James), a Puerto Rican party that exuberantly dances between the sacred and the profane for a week in July. We found this mask in Old San Juan for $38.


Posted online 03/01/01.

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