Disfraz de Carnaval
Object Details
- Description
- This homemade costume was made for the Ponce carnival. It has a cape attached at the neck made from the same black and red striped fabric (black and red are the colors of the city of Ponce). Carnival participants who wear costumes like this one, in addition to a mask, and other carnival accoutrements like matching shoes, canes, and gloves, are called vejigantes. Vejigantes are famous for playfully swatting at carnival-goers with a vejiga, a dried, inflated bladder. When a real animal bladder in not available, an empty water bottle is an acceptable substitute.
- Description (Spanish)
- Este disfraz casero se confeccionó para el carnaval de Ponce. Lleva una capa adherida al cuello, hecha del mismo género de franjas negras y rojas (el negro y el rojo son los colores de la ciudad de Ponce). A los participantes del carnaval que visten trajes como éste -además de la máscara y otros accesorios, como calzado haciendo juego, bastones y guantes- se los llaman vejigantes. Los vejigantes son famosos por deambular por las calles dando palmadas con sus vejigas (vejigas infladas y secas) a los concurrentes a la celebración. En caso de no contarse con vejigas reales de animales, se aceptan como sustitutos botellas de agua vacía.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Teodoro Vidal
- ca 1980
- ID Number
- 1997.0097.0047
- accession number
- 1997.0097
- catalog number
- 1997.0097.0047
- Object Name
- costume
- Physical Description
- textile; cotton; metal (overall material)
- cotton (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 160 cm x 152 cm; x 63 in x 59 13/16 in
- place made
- Puerto Rico
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- Home and Community Life: Ethnic
- Cultures & Communities
- Vidal
- Title
- Carnival Costume
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Carnivals
- Costume
- Record ID
- nmah_600925
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-315d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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