Vejigante Tapestries

Celebrating my culture and I wanted to share this little piece with all of you!

Fun depiction of Puerto Rico’s Vejigante

Boricua "Vejigante" in our Puerto Rican flag costume, with a "vejiga" in one hand & a flag in the other. In honor of festivals & traditional parties such as "Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian" (Sanse), people dress up as "Vejigantes". It's a tradition from our African, Caribbean & Spanish roots, & they represent mischievous devils, throwing water from their cow bladders called "vejigas". Created mostly by artisans with mixed media & always as colorful as our culture!

Puerto Rico colorful design featuring our Puerto Rican flower, parrot, piña colada, flag, and carnival vejigante. Wear it with pride!

A vejigante is a folkloric character in Puerto Rican festival celebrations, mainly seen during Carnival time. Traditional colors of the Vejigantes were green, yellow, and red or red and black. Today, Vejigantes wear brightly colored, ornate masks corresponding to the colors of their costumes that detail bat-like wings. The term vejigante derives from the words vejiga (bladder) and gigante (giant) due to custom of blowing up and painting cow bladders. The masks are often linked to festivals that continue today, especially in Loíza and Ponce.

Vejigante Mask

Puerto Rico Boriken colorful design featuring our Puerto Rican flower, parrot, piña colada, flag, and carnival vejigante. Wear it with pride!

This design features five Boricua "Vejigante" Masks in our Puerto Rican flag colors, in honor of festivals & traditional parties such as "Fiestas de la Calle San Sebastian" (Sanse). People dress up as "Vejigantes" during carnivals as a tradition from our African, Caribbean & Spanish roots. They represent mischievous devils, throwing water from their cow bladders called "vejigas". They are created mostly by artisans with mixed media & always as colorful as our culture!