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Them. >> the masks have a long history. back in spain in the 1500s they had festivals celebrating the defeat of the black muslim moors by the white christian spanish. they would represent the scary dark invadeers. when the tradition came to puerto rico, it meaning completely got switched. as the culture added the more elaborate ma elaborate masks and the africans added drums, it began to represent strength and defiance of colonial rule. it went from representing white people kicking out black people to a sign of black people's strength. like "la la land" moonlight and not so fast, gozling. >> ...
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