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Each year in loiza, they have a festival featuring these characters. raul is legendary in the community for making the masks. >> in the spanish tradition, remember, it represents the moors. because the moors invaded spain for eight centuries. that was a time of war between them and they tried to get them out. >> okay. they didn't like them for two reasons. you'usm and you'reot our people. >> uh-huh. >> they use a grotesque mask and costume with wings because the spaniard had to represent the moors in a bad way for them. and here in loiza, they make all the masks for the vigilantes. >> the mask...

And the characters would represent the scary, dark invaders. when the tradition came to puerto rico, it meaning completely switched. as the culture added the more elaborate masks and the africans added drum music, the character then began to represent straight and defiance of colonial rule. it went from representing white people kicking out black people to a sign of black people's strength. kind of like "la la land" bite "moonlight at the oscars, then "moonlight" said not so fast, gosling. >> so, this is one of the masks that they use. and it is made in coconut. i have here the whole process. ...