The Caguana Indigenous Ceremonial Center in Utuado and Museums and Parks Program of the Puerto Rican Institute of Culture and the Movijibo Group invites them to celebrate Spring Equinox on March 23, 2024 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in the Main square of the Indigenous Ceremonial Center of Caguana in Utuado.
Only the entrance to the ceremonial center will be charged. Báez Santiago, musician, craftsman and indigenist, will be in charge of it.In addition to the celebration, a areito will be made and the ball game and its rules will be discussed. The public is invited to bring their Maraca, Mayohuacan, Drums, Cuás, Cuatro, Güiro or Caracol. Offer our antenters your canticos, dances, poems or spiritual messages.
The equinox is the time of the year in which the axis of the earth is in perpendicular position to the sun's rays. This means that both hemispheres, the north and the south, receive the same amount of sunlight, which constitutes a transition between climatic stations.
The spring equinox is a moment of celebration for many indigenous cultures around the world, which are affected by the change of station. In many ancient cultures of the Americas, the equinoxes were a moment of celebration, sacrifice and migration. During millennia, observing the changing path of the sun was essential to survive and difficult to ignore.
The Indigenous Ceremonial Center of Caguana is located in Caguana neighborhood of Utuado specifically on the 111 km highway. 48.6 and is attached to the Museums and Parks Program of the Puerto Rican Culture Institute.
For more information, call the Indigenous Ceremonial Center Caguana at 787-894-7300 extensions 3043 and 3045 or to number 787-892-5845, ext. 3081 Monday to Friday.
