Loíza, kumpoto cha kum'mwera chakum'mawa kwa Puerto Rico ndipo patangotsala pang'ono kuyenda kuchokera ku likulu la San Juan, sasiyana ndi mbali ina iliyonse ya chilumbacho. Poyamba ankakhazikika ndi akapolo a ku Africa a mtundu wa Yoruba m'zaka za zana la 16, tawuniyo kale ndi Afro-Caribbean soul ya Puerto Rico. Zimanenedwa kuti akapolo omwe adagwira ntchito m'mayiko apa akhoza kuona ngalawa zikufika pa doko, atanyamula katundu wawo watsopano wa abale awo kuti azilima nzimbe, kokonati ndi mbewu zina kwa anthu a ku Spain.
(Taíno ya ku America inawonongeka kwambiri pambuyo pofika Spain ku chilumbacho, koma omwe adatsalirapo anachitanso chimodzimodzi.)
Dzina Loyambira Dzina
Pali nkhani zambiri zowonjezereka zozungulira Loíza, koma zomwe zakhala zikuchitika zaka zambiri ndi nkhani ya tawuniyi. Mwachiwonekere, Loíza amatchulidwa ndi Yuiza, yemwe ndi wamkazi yekha wa taíno cacique (dzina loti "mkulu") m'mbiri ya Puerto Rico. Chodabwitsa kwambiri, pali zolemba za akazi awiri okha a ku Caribbean.
Loíza Lero
Tawuni ndi tawuni ya Loíza ndizo zikuluzikulu za chikhalidwe cha Afro-Caribbean ku Puerto Rico, ndipo miyambo yawo ndi chikhalidwe chawo zimakhala zogwirizana kwambiri ndi cholowa chawo. Chigawo cha East East tourist pachilumbachi, kawirikawiri chimadutsa m'malo ena otchuka kwambiri, ochokera ku San Juan, monga El Yunque ndi Fajardo .
Koma tauniyi ili yoyenera kuyendera, chifukwa cha zifukwa zingapo.
Zina mwazo ndi mwayi wowonetsa zakudya za ku Puerto Rico zomwe zimakhudza kwambiri ku Africa, fufuzani malo otchuka a mbiri yakale, ndikuyang'anitsitsa pa tchalitchi chakale kwambiri cha parish.
Phwando la Saint James
Loíza amawala kwambiri pa chikondwerero chake chakale, polemekeza Saint James, kapena Fiestas Tradicionales de Santiago Apóstol .
Mwambo wa sabata womwe unachitikira mwezi wa July , ndi umodzi wa zikondwerero zochititsa chidwi kwambiri za Puerto Rico, zokhutiritsa komanso zachikhalidwe. Kuchokera ku Plaza de Recreo, chikondwererochi ndi kuphulika kwa magulu okwera mtengo a ku Spain ndi vejigantes iwo "akugonjetsa," mapulaneti, zikondwerero ndi zakudya zabwino. Nyenyezi ya nyimbo yawonetsero ndi bomba y plena yolemera kwambiri, yojambula nyimbo ya ku Africa yomwe inayamba ku Loíza.
Kukaona Loíza
Ngakhale kuti Loíza sangakusangalatseni ndi zopereka zake zokopa alendo, pali zina zamtengo wapatali ndi zachilengedwe kuno kuposa chikondwererochi. Koma chimodzi mwa zifukwa zomwe mungayendere ndikupita ku Loíza; chifukwa mukamayendetsa galimoto pano, mudzadutsa mumzinda wa Piñones , kumalo okwerera m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi malo odyera omwe amadziwika bwino ndi mitundu yonse ya fritters, zowonjezera ndi zakudya zina zokoma. Kiosko "El Boricua" ndi imodzi mwa malo otchuka kwambiri.
Komanso, pamene muli m'dera lanu, musaiwale kuti muzipanga madzi a kokonati, kapena kuti madzi otsekemera a kokonati, kuchokera kumodzi mwa zida zambiri zomwe zikuyenda mumsewu. Wogulitsa adzasokoneza pamwamba ndi machete ndikutumikira mwatsopano (anthu ena okhala nawo omwe ali ndi vuto la ramu, mwachibadwa). Madzi a kokonati ndi amodzi mwazikulu zogulitsa kunja kwa Loíza. Chifukwa china chimene anthu amabwera ku gawo ili la Puerto Rico (monga mbali zina zambiri za chilumba) ndi kupeza mchenga wa golidi wangwiro, kaya ndi mathinda osaya omwe adagwirizanitsa pakati pa nyanja ndi sandbar zomwe zinapangidwira mabanja, kapena Mphepete mwa mchenga wagolide womwe uli pamsewu.
Mudzapeza onse awiri pano, pamodzi ndi malo akuluakulu okwera njinga komanso ngakhale njinga yamasewera okondweretsa (mukhoza kubwereka mabasiketi ku COPI Cultural Center ku Piñones.
Chimodzi mwa zofunikira kwambiri pa ulendo wa Loíza ndi Maria de la Cruz Cave . Kafukufukuyu anafukulidwa ndi Dr. Archaeologist Dr. Ricardo Alegria mu 1948 ndipo anakhala chinthu chofunika kwambiri pa zinthu zomwe zinapezeka mkatimo, zomwe zinapereka umboni wa anthu oyambirira omwe anali pachilumbacho, kuyambira nthawi yomwe ankapita. Zojambula za Taíno zapezekanso pano, ndipo phanga likukhulupiliridwa kuti linatumikira zonse pamodzi ndi malo okhala kwa anthu oyambirira panthawi yamkuntho ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Mudzawona zizindikiro za phanga pamsewu 187 mutangofika ku Loíza kuchokera kumadzulo.
Chizindikiro china m'derali ndi Mpingo wa San Patricio , pakati pa mipingo yakale kwambiri ku Puerto Rico.
Mzinda wapafupi ndi tauniyi, tchalitchi chodzichepetsa chinamangidwa mu 1645 ndipo chatchulidwa pa Register National US of Historic Places.
Kuwonjezera pa zochitika zake, Loíza ndi wofunika kwambiri chifukwa cha mbiri yake, chikhalidwe chake, ndi miyambo yake, yomwe imakhalabe mpaka lero. Ngati mukuyang'ana ulendo wopita kuntchito, Loíza ndi Piñones apafupi amapanga tsiku labwino kwambiri, kuthamanga kochepa kummawa kwa San Juan.