Pava (Puerto Rico)

A Puerto Rican pava

A 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 and also a symbol used by politicians with the Popular Democratic Party (PPD).[1][2][3][4]

Cultural significance

The pava hat is worn by farmers and jíbaros (country folk). Children and adults wear the pava when they dress up like a jíbaro.[5][6]

Bad Bunny wears a pava hat in his Debí Tirar Más Fotos promotional material[7] and for his No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí 2025 concerts in Puerto Rico.[8][9]

  • The late Ángel O. Berríos drinking coffee and wearing his pava during a political campaign
    The late Ángel O. Berríos drinking coffee and wearing his pava during a political campaign
  • black and white photo at Hacienda Lealtad features a jíbaro wearing a pava
    black and white photo at Hacienda Lealtad features a jíbaro wearing a pava

See also

References

  1. ^ Duany, Jorge. "Nación, migración, identidad: Sobre el transnacionalismo a propósito de Puerto Rico" (PDF). Transnacionalismo Migracio e Identidades: 69–76. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2015-11-23.
  2. ^ Torres-Robles, Carmen L. (1999). "La mitificación y desmitificación del jíbaro como símbolo de la identidad nacional puertorriqueña". Bilingual Review: La Revista Bilingüe. 24 (3): 241–253.
  3. ^ Moreiro, Julián (2000). Costumbristas de Hispanoamérica: Cuadros, leyendas y tradiciones. Mexico City: EDAF. pp. 289–90. ISBN 8441407037.
  4. ^ "Las mezclas del pac" (PDF). Arriba: Publicación del Partido Popular para sus líderes. 1 (5): 4. 1960.
  5. ^ Clemente, Yaritza Rivera; Vocero, El (29 July 2019). "Jolgorio y fiesta fuera de La Fortaleza". El Vocero de Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ^ Milagros, María de los (16 July 2019). "Jíbaro de nueve años lleva protesta a Fortaleza". Metro (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ Flores, Griselda (May 5, 2025). "Bad Bunny Dons Traditional Puerto Rican Pava Hat at Met Gala 2025". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  8. ^ Colón, Ana (August 22, 2025). "How Bad Bunny's Residency Is Boosting Puerto Rico's Local Fashion Economy". Vogue. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
  9. ^ Baez, Janeyliz (October 15, 2025). ""No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí: Una Más": Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico". CHAT News. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
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