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John travels to the island of Puerto Rico to highlight the many ways in which the island and its people have influenced American culture and the ways in which...

And its easy to see that the people of this city still know how to bring the party. ♪ like many places around the world, puerto rico celebrates carnival. but in ponce, a mischievous character steals the show and the hearts of the community, the vejigante. and the art form of making vejigante masks is so important here, it has its own museum. - i met up with chelimar, a volunteer who teaches visitors about ponces carnival celebration and, of course, its star, the vejigante. - its a character pa...

John travels to the island of Puerto Rico to highlight the many ways in which the island and its people have influenced American culture and the ways in which...

If you are not considering those, you will have a ghost town. i love cities. i grew up in cities. i traveled cities. so i try to develop the cities in terms of their culture. im also the founder of a school of architecture that exists in the city. so i have a relationship with the-- with ponce. - what is the difference between old ponce and the ponce that were seeing today? - if we go back to the 19th century, ponce was the commercial capital of puerto rico. so the port was responsible for bring...

So vejigante is not the mask. its the wearer at the ceremony. - yes. having the horns, being covered from head to toe, not recognizable. and nobody should know who the vejigante is. - the vejigante tradition began in medieval spain and made its way to puerto rico 300 years ago, where communities like ponce made it their own. - masks can be in many different sizes. it can be made with many different colors. it can be made with many different material. here, we exhibit a mascara that is made out o...

- his family did not know what to do with his property. they just wanted to throw everything away. - right. - and then, my grandfather and his colleague came forward to the family. and theyre like, hey, i dont think that-- - [laughs] - --throwing away these things are the wisest choice. - yeah, yeah, yeah. - so they decided to donate the house to make this a museum. every city has their own carnival. and there wasnt a museum to educate people that came to visit. and it was such a magical thing. ...

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Differently. i certainly think we could have a better system. the fact that were creeping up to this place every few years, to me it feels like groundhog day. i have been in this conversation many times over the past couple of decades. you know, it has a cumulative effect thats really damaging. that said, i think it is important for the u.s. to consider how much its spending and to consider its fiscal picture. one reason for that is that were in the middle of a real seat change, potentially a on...

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