Hibaro - Puerto Rico 1940 The jíbaro belongs to the mountains and valleys of Borikén. To the land that sheltered generations of our families through conquest, displacement, and colonial rule. Spanish colonial society eventually used jíbaro to describe the rural people of Puerto Rico, sometimes with contempt, associating them with poverty, isolation, ignorance, or lack of refinement. But from a Taíno-centered perspective, closeness to the land was never something deserving sha
