Carnaval de Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de Leon [screenprint poster]
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content: AC0615-0000032.tif (AC Scan)

 1997.3100.42 (Museum Cat. No.)
label: Exhibitions Note
content: In the exhibition "Posters from the Division of Community Education (DIVEDCO) of Puerto Rico, 1948-1989," Sept. 17, 2008-Jan. 18, 2009, at the Smithsonian's S. Dillon Ripley Center.
name: label: Artist
content: Bernal, Isabel
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
label: Collection Donor
content: Archivo General de Puerto Rico
place: label: Place
content: Puerto Rico -- 20th century
topic: label: Topic
content: Lent
label: Topic
content: Carnival -- Puerto Rico
label: Topic
content: Carnivals
label: Topic
content: Politics -- Puerto Rico
creator: label: Artist
content: Bernal, Isabel
label: Sponsor
content: Puerto Rico. Division of Community Education. Department of Education
setName: label: See more items in
content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection
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content: Puerto Rico Division of Community Education [DIVEDCO] Poster Collection / Series 1: Events / Festivals Cultural
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Ink on paper., 88.8 x 58.5 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1983
container: label: Container
content: Map-folder 32
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Posters
label: Type
content: Screen prints
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Posters -- Puerto Rico
label: Genre/Form
content: Screen prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This commemorative poster depicts the Rey Momo, or king of Puerto Rican carnival, a celebration which started on the island in the mid nineteenth century. Connected to Spanish carnival traditions, it takes place the week before the beginning of Lent, which is a traditional period of fasting and general abstinence in the Christian calendar. The carnival in San Juan was for many years a very important and picturesque event. (From exhibition text by Marvette Perez.)