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Pava (Puerto Rico)
The ''pava'' is a straw hat made out of the leaves of the Puerto Rican hat palm. It is normally associated with the Puerto Rican ''jíbaro Jivaro or Jibaro, also spelled Hivaro or Hibaro, may refer to: * Jíbaro (Puerto Rico), mountain-dwelling peasants in Puerto Rico * Jíbaro music, a Puerto Rican musical genre * Jivaroan peoples The Jivaroan peoples are the indigenous peoples ...'' and with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD). Children and adults wear the when they dress up like a . Gallery Angel O. Berrios.jpg, The late Ángel O. Berríos drinking coffee and wearing his during a political campaign Hacienda Lealtad, former coffee plantation using slave labor in Lares, Puerto Rico 13.jpg, Photograph of a jíbaro wearing a on the wall of an old in Lares See also * Panama hat References External links''Las pavas y su historia artesanal en Puerto Rico'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pava (Puerto Rico) National symbols of Puerto Rico Puerto Rican culture Hats Popular De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straw Hat
A straw hat is a wide-brimmed hat woven out of straw or straw-like synthetic materials. Straw hats are a type of sun hat designed to shade the head and face from direct sunlight, but are also used in fashion as a decorative element or a uniform. Materials Commonly used fibers are:A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion:, Mary Brooks Picken, Courier Corporation, 24.07.2013 * Wheat straw: (Milan straw, Tuscan, Livorno), * Rye straw: used for the traditional ''bryl'' straw hats popular among the peasants of Belarus, southwestern Russia and Ukraine. * Toquilla straw: flexible and durable fiber, which is often made into hats, known as Panama hats, in Ecuador. * Buntal/ Parabuntal straw: from unopened Palm leaves or stems of the Buri Palm, * Baku straw: 1x1 woven, made from the young stalks of the Talipot palm from Malabar and Ceylon, * Braided hemp, * Raffia, * Shantung straw: made from high performance paper which is rolled into a yarn to imitate straw, historically it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Rican Hat Palm
''Sabal causiarum'', commonly known as the Puerto Rico palmetto or Puerto Rican hat palm, is a species of palm which is native to Hispaniola (in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti), Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands. As its common and scientific names suggest, its leaves are used in the manufacture of "straw" hats. Description ''Sabal causiarum'' is a fan palm with solitary, very stout stems, which grows up to tall and in diameter. Plants have 20–30 leaves, each with 60–120 leaflets. The inflorescences, which are branched, arching or pendulous, and longer than the leaves, bear globose, black fruit. The fruit are in diameter; fruit size and shape are the main characteristics by which this species differs from ''Sabal domingensis''. Taxonomy ''Sabal'' is placed in the subfamily Coryphoideae and the tribe Sabaleae. As of 2008, there appear to be no molecular phylogenetic studies of ''Sabal'' and the relationship between ''S. causiarum'' and the res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
