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JL;DR SUMMARY The annual Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a vibrant cultural event that marks the end of the city's Christmas season, blending Puerto Rican identity with its Catholic heritage. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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San JuanCultural ExpressionColonial HistoryPuerto Rican IdentitySt. SebastianSanse FestivalFiestas De La Calle San SebastianCatholic TraditionsSpanish American WarPuerto Rican Culture

Places mentioned

Spain
"The royal Spanish flag was at half-mast in January for the death of late U.S. President Jimmy Carter."
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
"The National Park Service maintains two 16th-century Spanish forts in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the lowered flags on display were an eloquent witness to the U.S. territorys contradictions and complexities."
Loíza, Puerto Rico, United States
"masked vejigante dancers from the predominantly Black town of Loiza, and cabezudos (representations of characters and people from Puerto Rican culture with oversize papier-mach heads)."
Ohio, United States
"After shoring up the Monroe Doctrine and market access, Nichols said that religious and humanitarian were somewhere around third on the list of reasons that America went to war in 1898."
Philippines
"America rescinded the military governmental structure with the Foraker Act in 1900, and granted U.S. citizenship to Puerto Ricans with the Jones Act in 1917, even though it wasnt until 1947 that the island could elect its own governors, instead of the U.S. president appointing them."

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