Loíza, iri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kwePuerto Rico uye kungofambisa pfupi kubva muguta guru reSan Juan, hazvina kufanana nechimwe chikamu chechitsuwa chacho. Pakutanga kugadziriswa nevashandi veAfrica kubva kurudzi rweYoruba muzana remakore rechi16, guta racho rave riri nguva yeAfro-Caribbean mweya wePuerto Rico. Zvinonzi varanda avo vakashanda pasi pano vaizokwanisa kuona ngarava dzichiuya kumahombekombe, dzichitakura zvinhu zvitsva zvehama dzavo kuti dzifambe ushuga, makononti uye zvimwe zvirimwa kune vagari veSpain.
(VaTaíno vekuzvarwa kwavo vainyanya kuparara mushure mekunge Spain yasvika pachitsuwa chacho, asi avo vakasara vakafanana zvakafanana.)
Iyo Tendai Inomirira Zita
Kune vanhu vakawanda venyaya uye nhau dzakapoteredza Loíza, asi imwe yakagara kuburikidza nemakore ndeye nyaya yeguta racho. Sezviri pachena, Loíza anonzi ainzi Yuiza, uyo ndiye chete musikana taíno cacique (shoko rechizvarwa rokuti "mukuru") munhau yePuerto Rico. Kunyanya kunoshamisa, kune zvinyorwa zvemadzimai maviri chete evakadzi muCaribbean yose.
Loíza Nhasi
Itaundi nemasvingo eLoíza ndiyo inogara iri nzvimbo yakakura yemadzinza eAfro-Caribbean muPuerto Rico, uye tsika dzavo netsika zvakachengetedza hukama hwakasimba kune nhaka yavo yekare. Chikamu cheEast East tourist region yechitsuwa chacho, inowanzopfuura kune dzimwe, dzinowanzozivikanwa zuva nezuva-kubva kuSan Juan, saEl Yunque naFajardo .
Asi guta racho rakakodzera kukoshesa, nokuda kwezvikonzero zvishoma.
Pakati peiyi mune mukana wekuenzanisira imwe yeAfrica-inopikisa mararamiro ePuerto Rican, tarisa nzvimbo yekare yekare, uye tora pazera rekare rinoshanda rechechi pachiwi.
Mutambo waSaint James
Loíza anovhenekera panguva yakawanda panguva yegore rekuchengeta saint mutambo, mukukudza kwaSt James, kana Fiestas Tradicionales de Santiago Apóstol .
Chiitiko chevhiki-refu chakaitwa musi weJuly , ndeimwe yePuerto Rico inonyanya kuve yakajeka, inofadza uye yekodzero. Kutambanudza kubva kuPaza de Recreo, mutambo uku kuputika kwezvinhu zvinotengeswa zveSpain knights uye vejigantes zviri "kukunda," mapurisa, makonti uye zvokudya zvakawanda. Nyeredzi yenyaradzo yemuenzaniso ndiyo bomba - rirema bomba y plena , muAfrica-kubva mumhanzi mhando yakatanga muLoíza.
Kushanyira Loíza
Kunyange zvazvo Loíza asingazokubvumiri nezvipiriso zvekushanyira, pane dzimwe tsika uye zvigadzirwa zvepanyama pano kupfuura mhemberero yayo. Asi chimwe chezvikonzero zvekushanyira ndekufadzwa nerwendo kuenda kuLoíza; nokuti paunotyaira pano, iwe uchapfuura napamunharaunda yePiñones , nzvimbo yegungwa yezvikwata uye nzvimbo dzekudya dzinowanikwa mumhando dzose dzefritters, kudzoka uye zvimwe zvokudya zvinonaka zvemunwe. Kiosko "El Boricua" ndechimwe chezvinhu zvakakurumbira zvinomira.
Uyezve, iwe uri munharaunda yacho, usakanganwa kuronga koco frío , kana kuti chilled yakachena mvura, kubva pane chimwe chezvikwata zvakawanda zviri mumugwagwa. Mutengesi achakanda kumusoro ne machete uye achishanda ichi chitsva (dzimwe nzvimbo dzakadai seyo dash rum, zvakasikwa). Kokoti mvura ndeimwe yekutengeswa kukuru kwaLoíza. Chimwe chikonzero nei vanhu vauya kunharaunda iyi yePuerto Rico (kufanana nedzimwe nzvimbo dzakawanda dzechitsuwa) kuwana iyo yakakwana yejecha regoridhe, zvisinei kuti masango asina kudzika akabatanidzwa pakati pegungwa nejecha rejecha raive rakagadzirirwa mhuri, kana kuti zvitsuwa zvega rega yegoridhe riri kunze kwemugwagwa.
Iwe uchawana zvose zviri pano, pamwe chete nehombekombe yakakura uye kunyange bhasikoro inofadza chaizvo (unogona kukwerera mabhasikoro kuCOPI Cultural Center muPiñones.
Chimwe chezvinhu zvinokosha zvekushanyira Loíza ndiMaria de la Cruz Cave . Iyi gomba guru rakagadzirwa nemuchengeti wezvokuchera matongo Dr. Ricardo Alegria muna 1948 ndokuva chiratidzo chakakosha chezvinhu zvakawanikwa mukati, izvo zvakapa uchapupu hwevanhu vekutanga vanogara pachitsuwa chacho, vachirarama munguva yechadenga. Taíno zvipfeko zvakawanikwawo pano, uye mubako rinofungidzirwa kuti rakashandira zvose chinangwa chemhemberero pamwe chete nenzvimbo yekugara kune vagari vepakutanga munguva dzehuvhuvhu uye dutu. Uchaona zviratidzo zvebako riri munzira 187 mushure mekunge wasvika kuLoíza kubva kumadokero.
Chimwe chinonyanya kukosha munharaunda ino iSan Patricio Church , pakati pekereke yekare kudarika kuPuerto Rico.
Yakawanikwa muguta rekona, kereke yakaderera yakavakwa muna 1645 uye yakave yakanyorwa kuU.S. National Register of Historic Places.
Kunze kwekunakidza kwayo, Loíza yakakosha pamusana pezvakaitika kare, tsika, uye tsika, izvo zvinoramba zviripo nhasi. Kana uri kutsvaga chido chekunze-che-beaten-nzira, Loíza nePiñones dziri pedo vanoita zuva rakanaka, kunze kwechiteshi chiduku kumabvazuva kweSan Juan.