Tuesday, March 6, 2012

ok, I know what the El Chupacabra is, just answer my question, What is the cultural significance or symbolism of El Chupacabra in Puerto Rico. Thank you for you time. But this is extremely serious, and please be sure to add you source. thanks bunches! :)|||El cupacabra is a spanish myth just like el cuco but im not sure if it has much of a "significance" or "symbolism" aside from being a blood sucking animal. im not sure though if its a myth or not. my grandma has told me stories about el chupacabra and over the summer when i visited puerto rico i visited my uncle who has a farm and he too told me and my father stories about el chupacabra. he said years ago he woke up and 5 of his bunnies were dead but completely drained of blood.. not sure if what he was saying was true or not since my aunt was nodding along with him but im 18, so i doubt he was telling me a little kids myth story to get me scared or whatever. but anyways im drifting away from your question. sorry.. not sure if any of this helps but to the people of puerto rico it seems to have a significance|||The Chupacabras doesn't have any cultural significance or symbolism in PR. It is not an urban legend or a "thing" to scare children like the boogieman. Like in other countries, including USA, people called Chupacabras to this unknown animal that sucks all the blood of the animals w/o eat them. I think the only difference is that in Puerto Rico was the first time where this animal was reported and named.

Look at this chapter of the Sci-fy program, Fact or Faked about the Chupacabras. It is in USA.

http://www.syfy.com/rewind/factorfaked/1鈥?/a>

Take care.|||Just an urban legend of recent origin (March 1995) of an allegedly unknown animal (a cryptid).

Cultural significance?
* Few references in arts, mostly jokes about it in TV or theather comedies, newspaper cartoons, graphical images in artcrafts like prints in clothing.
* Few movies (with or without scenes filmed at Puerto Rico or directly mentioning Puerto Rico) has been produced and released.
* It gathered journalism / media attention.

Symbolism?
* None.|||the cultural symbolism of el chupacabra is known in puerto rico as a urban legend.

http://www.travel-amazing-southamerica.c鈥?/a>
Both in Puerto Rico and Mexico, El Chupacabra gained urban legend status. Chupacabras stories began to be released several times in American and Hispanic newscasts across the United States, and chupacabras merchandise, such as t-shirts and baseball hats, was sold.

my opinion
basically it could be a way to attract sales and make business out of it all.|||As far as I know. there IS NO CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE.. it's not some "Bogie Man" or "Bogie Animal".. it is a REAL ANIMAL.. or at least WAS a real animal but there is no CULTURAL significanc to it,which was your question

火车采集器

No comments:

Post a Comment