My Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is the most beautiful country in the world. It has a great culture with great people. That's why I decided to talk a little about my island, to anyone who does not know.

Puerto Rican Food

First I start with our foods, and sincerely, are the best of the best. Thanksgiving is one of the most special moment to eat, dishes such roasting a turkey with yellow-rice and green pigeon, "tembleque" , and pumking pie. In Christmas, pork is the central holiday cooking, especially the "lechón". Holiday feasts might include several pork dishes, such as "pernil", morcilla (a black blood sausage), and ham with pineapple. The official Puerto Rican Christmastime drink is "coquito", an eggnog-like rum and coconut milk-based homemade beverage. The holiday season is also a time that many "piñas coladas" are prepared, underscoring the combination of pineapples and coconuts seen in Puerto Rican cuisine. Beer is popular and Puerto Rican style rum punch with sparkling wine and fruit

The music of Puerto Rico has evolved as a heterogeneous and dynamic product of diverse

cultural resources. The most conspicuous musical sources have been Spain and West Africa, although many aspects of Puerto Rican music reflect origins elsewhere in Europe and the Caribbean and, in the last century, the USA. Our first genres or folk music was Bomba, Plena and Aguinaldo. Then others like Salsa, Reggaeton. Also we have some caribbean influences like Bolero, Merengue, and Guaracha.

Carlos Arroyo

Puerto Rico is home to talents. In every area, this small island of 100 x 35 are given fruit of them. In music as Ricky Martin, Olga Tanon, Marc Anthony and Chayanne. In sport Javier Culson, Carlos Arroyo, J.J. Barea, the great Roberto Clemente, Jose "Picky" Soto, Jaime Espinal, Monica Puig, Igor Gonzalez, Roberto Alomar, the boxers Macho Camacho, Happy Tito Trinidad and Miguel Cotto. Writers and important people as Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Luisa Capetillo Perone, Luis Muñoz Marín, Pedro Albizu Campos, Julia de Burgos and Lola Rodriguez de Tio among others. 

Not to mention the holidays. Puerto Rican culture is very cheerful, but mostly in the holiday season, where occur the famous "Parrandas". This tradition tends to be held in the early morning hours to take surprise to family and waking from sleep with music. Interestingly, Puerto Ricans celebrate some of the longest Christmas in the world. And in Puerto Rico this period begins Nov. 23 and ends in late January with a celebration of people known as the Festival of San Sebastián Street. Also is celebrated with great enthusiasm the traditional Feast of the Three Kings, where children go with their families to collect the gifts that have brought them. In addition to the Christmas tradition, Puerto Ricans celebrate the call Night of St. John (the Baptist), where most people flock to the beaches of the island to jump back seven times, at twelve midnight. For them, this ritual allows them "to shed bad luck." It's like a kind of "baptism." People celebrate the event with music, dancing, food and drink.

Puerto Rico has the best beaches in the world. The best people. The most beautiful women. A pleasant atmosphere. Beautiful scenery, mountains, fields and sunsets. Without a doubt, the best country in the world. 

El Morro

C. Jung: Our Collective Cultural Influences

      Carl Jung was born on July 26, 1875. in Kesswil, Switzerland. Jung believed in the "complex or emotionally charged associations. He collaborated with Sigmund Freud, but disagreed with him about the sexual basis of neuroses. He founded analytic psychology, advancing the idea of introvert and extrovert personalities and the power of the unconscious. He wrote several books before his death in 1961.

C. Jung

      In one chapter of his book title Memories, Dreams and Reflection, he told that at the beginning of 1920 one friend invites him to a trip to Tunis, (North Africa). During this scene, he learned that their people live from their affects, are moved and their being in emotions.Their consciousness takes cares of their orientation in space and transmits impressions from outside, and it is also stirred by inner impulses and affects. In this short section I think that he try to call up the essence of his theory of psychological types. Jung discovered that in our unconscious there are collective cultural influence from varying civilizations going back to the beginning of human experience in ancient cultures. That's why, I think that we should all better know our culture. Knowing our history and culture helps us building our identity. Our identity as Puerto Ricans are still living the message subconsciously taught long ago, "America is great, Puerto Rico is small, the United States is rich, Puerto Rico is poor, America is strong, Puerto Rico is weak." This thinking makes me feel sad about us, because our culture is rich in all aspects, That's why I think like Jung, we need to know our collective cultural influence.

About Me

Ortophedic Doctor and Me

      
      Hi, my name is Jim Xavier Sanchez.  I was born in Puerto Rico, on April 3rd, 1995. Currently I'm in my fourth year finishing my BA degree in Integrative Biology at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus. Since my childhood I discover that I have a passion. I love helping people. Through my university life I could re-affirm my passion for give without receiving anything in return. My future goals are to become a great doctor and thus to see that faces of people change, with only one medical help, one conversation or just listening. One of my favorite quotes because describe my philosophy of life is "Don't try to change the world, find something that you love and do it every day, do that for the rest of your life, and eventually, the world will change"(Macklemore). In my free times I like play basketball, talk with my friends, and see movies.