The Puerto Rican People and the Coqui
The Puerto Rican people and the Coqui go hand in hand, If you are a person that has moved from the city to the more rural
area, you will understand where we are coming from. Just like someone that moves from city to country, you find out that you miss some things. One of the things that is missed believe it or not are the sounds of the city. You find it hard to sleep without the occasional passing of an ambulance, fire truck, or police car.
This is the same for those that leave the island of Puerto Rico to live on the main land of America or other places. They miss the sounds of the island. They miss the one sound that you can't find anywhere else on this planet of ours except on the island of Puerto Rico. They miss the sound of the Coqui. The Coqui is indigenous to the island and cannot survive if taken from the island. Although some reports say that they have adapted to Hawaii.
We, in the form of a collectable novelty product have made it possible to have the cherished and calming sound wherever you are. El Pito de Coqui is a great way to feel at home, and rekindle fond memories of your island homeland.
The Coqui
The Puerto Rican coquí is a very small - tiny - tree frog about one inch long. Some coquíes look green, some brown and some yellowish - actually they are translucent. Coquíes have a high pitched sound and can be heard from far away.
The coquíes begin to sing when the sun goes down at dusk. Their melody serenades islanders to sleep. Coquíes sing all night long until dawn when they stop singing and head for the nest. Puerto Ricans love their coquíes and have written poems, stories, and Aguinaldos about them.
During the time of the Taíno Indians trillions of coquíes serenated our ancestral home. Many Taíno Indian myths surround the coquí. Coquíes are found in much of the Taíno art like pictographs and pottery.
In Puerto Rico all coquíes are called coquí even though not all sing ''co-quí''. Only two of the species the ''Coquí Común'' and the ''Coquí de la Montaña or Coquí Puertorriqueño'' actually sing ''co-quí''.
Puerto Rican coquíes have relatives all over Latin America. The coquí genre is found in all the Caribbean Islands, and in Central and South America. But again, the only ones that make the sound ''co-quí'' are Puerto Rican.
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Courtesy- El Boricua
The Beauty that is Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the U.S. Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.
Puerto Rico is only 100 miles long by 35 miles wide, making it the smallest island of the Greater Antilles. Puerto Rico (Spanish for "rich port") consists of an archipelago that includes the main island of Puerto Rico and several islands: Vieques, Culebra, Mona and numerous islets.
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