Episode 30: Alli Arocho & Honoring the Vejigante Mask-Making Tradition
Paseo Podcast: Sharing Puerto Rican Stories
English - September 11, 2020 04:59 - 45 minutes - 61.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSociety & Culture Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 29: John Vasquez Mejias & The Puerto Rican War
Next Episode: Episode 31: Visual Artist Carlos Rolón
Artist Alli Arochi joins the show. We talk about vejigantes, the tradition of making vejigante masks, her transition from the tech world to making her art full-time and her experience as an artist amidst Covid-19.
Host: Joshua Smyser-DeLeon, Twitter @jsdeleon
Site: paseomedia.org
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Sound Editor: Richie Requena, Twitter @RichieRequena
Sounds: Notification Sounds + Flor Meléndez Ramos
Alli Arocho's Website + Instagram
Made of Masks: Alli Arocho’s Aislá