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Primitive Black Country Doll -Peyo El Jibaro-
I just loved creating Peyo! I had him in my mind for some
time and at last gave him life. I considered him part of our Puerto
Rican culture. The way my husband and myself remembered the jibaros of
our past. You would say Jibaro stands for "mountain people" who lived
"in-land". They are considered the backbone of the Puerto Rican
culture. Peyo was a true person that my husband grew up seeing in his
home town of Las Marias. He has some story about him: "Hi, here is Peyo
the black "El Prieto". Peyo was an important person of my childhood and
very popular. He is my vision of a friend and of a "jibaro" and he was
black." These types of "Jibaros" were very comun due to the extreme
poverty. They used these type of hat made from paper bag. They used no
shoes and always had a machete(knife) in there belt. With the machete
they work in the agriculture and as an arm of defence. There clothes
were similar in the years 20 thru 60.
A jibaro was the poor
campesino, uneducated, and illiterate. He made do with what little he
had. The jibaro was not educated, but he was not stupid. He had natural
wisdom. Other traits traditionally linked to jíbaros were honesty,
bravery, hospitality, self-sufficiency, stuburness, and lots of pride.
We
speak in the past tense because the true jíbaro is now dead, gone
forever, but NOT forgotten. So, we can't say that there are any true
jíbaros left - only jíbaros from heart.
No glue was used creating
Peyo. He also has a small basket with coffee beans in it! He is about
33" long. The machete was hand carved by my husband.
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