The mission of Guavate Restaurant is to showcase, promote and celebrate
Puerto Rican culture through, food, music and art. We welcome our
friends and neighbors from all over Central Florida with different
backgrounds into our lives and culture, so they too may share in the
great warmth, dignity and history of our diverse and colorful heritage.
The culture of Puerto Rico is the result of a number of international and indigenous influences, both past and present. Modern cultural manifestations showcase the island's rich history and help to create an identity which is a melting pot of cultures - Taíno (Native Indian), Spanish, African, Other Europeans, Asians, Middle Easteners, and North American.
With the country's ethnically diverse background, art in Puerto Rico reflects many influences, particularly Spanish and African.
PUERTO RICO
¡Borinquen!, nombre al pensamiento grato
como el recuerdo de un amor profundo,
bello jardín de América el ornato,
siendo el jardín América del mundo.
Perla que el mar de entre su concha arranca
al agitar sus ondas placenteras,
garza dormida entre la espuma blanca
del níveo cinturón de tus riberas.
Tú, que das a la brisa de los mares,
al recibir el beso de su aliento
la garzota gentil de tus palmares;
Que pareces en medio de la bruma
al que llega a tus playas peregrinas,
una ciudad fantástica de espuma
que formaron jugando las ondinas.
Un jardín encantado
sobre las aguas de la mar que domas,
un búcaro de flores columpiado
entre espuma y coral, perlas y aromas.
José Gautier Benítez (April 12, 1848 – January 24, 1880) was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico. He is considered Puerto Rico's best poet of the Romantic Era.
