PUERTO RICO

HOLIDAYS

• April 3rd is Viernes Santo (Good Friday)
• July 25th Conmemoración del Estado Libre Asociado (Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
• January 6th Día de los Tres Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day or Epiphany)

PUERTO RICAN DANCES

• Plena
• Bomba
• Salsa
• Cha-Cha
• Merengue

THE SALSA

FOOD

• Sopón de pollo con arroz -chicken soup with rice
• sopón de pescado (fish soup)

Puerto Ricans adore chicken, which they flower various spices and seasoning. Arroz con pollo (chicken with rice) is the most popular chicken dish on the island

Languages-
Spanish and English are the official languages of Puerto Rico but Spanish is the dominant language. Fewer than 20 percent of Puerto Ricans speak English fluently, according to the 1990 U.S. Census.

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