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href="/wiki/Music_of_Suriname" title="Music of Suriname">Suriname</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="Music of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Turks_and_Caicos_Islands" title="Music of the Turks and Caicos Islands">Turks and Caicos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_the_Virgin_Islands" title="Music of the Virgin Islands">Virgin Islands</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output 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href="/wiki/Template_talk:Music_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Template talk:Music of Puerto Rico"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Music_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Music of Puerto Rico"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Plena</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">genre</a> of <a href="/wiki/Music" title="Music">music</a> and dance native to <a href="/wiki/Ponce,_Puerto_Rico" title="Ponce, Puerto Rico">Ponce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plena genre originated in <a href="/wiki/Barrio_San_Ant%C3%B3n" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrio San Antón">Barrio San Antón</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ponce,_Puerto_Rico" title="Ponce, Puerto Rico">Ponce, Puerto Rico</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-garland_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-garland-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> around 1900.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was influenced by the <a href="/wiki/Bomba_(Puerto_Rico)" title="Bomba (Puerto Rico)">bomba</a> style of music.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Originally, sung texts were not associated with the plena, which was rendered by guitar, accordion and pandero, but eventually, in 1907,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> singing was added. Plena was often called the <i>periodico cantado</i><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> or "sung newspaper" for the lower classes because it spread messages among people, similar to the <a href="/wiki/Corrido" title="Corrido">corridos</a> in <a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The plena was a result of the mixing of the culturally diverse popular class, where their workplace, neighborhood, and life experiences met to create an expressive, <a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">satirical</a> style of music.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_2019_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT_2019-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It became a way for the working class to gain empowerment through <a href="/wiki/Parody" title="Parody">parody</a>. Due to originating in the lower social class, it was regarded by the upper class as "a menace to public order and <a href="/wiki/Private_property" title="Private property">private property</a>" and was for many years associated with people of <i>la vida alegre</i> (the merry life), referring to prostitutes, dancers, alcoholics, and moral degenerates. Singing and dancing of the plena often happened in <i>cafetines</i>, bars that frequently doubled as brothels and where interracial socializing and sexual encounters were free to take place.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to singers discussing the use of the plena, they stated it was song with lyrics that related to a current event. For example, if someone drowned or was killed, a plena would be written about it.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Tintorera del Mar</i></span>,<sup id="cite_ref-Aparicio_2010_p._32_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Aparicio_2010_p._32-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Mataron a Elena</i></span>, <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">El Obispo de Ponce</i></span>, and <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Matan a Bumbum</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-Roy-Féquière_2004_p._119_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roy-Féquière_2004_p._119-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> were some plenas which became wildly popular.<sup id="cite_ref-Pfeiffenberger_2010_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pfeiffenberger_2010-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The eventual widespread acceptance of the plena can be attributed to the increased number of people joining the <a href="/wiki/Workforce" title="Workforce">workforce</a>, which led to a new demand for public leisure. It was still considered indecent by the upper class, who fought against its rising popularity. In December 1917, an ordinance was passed banning the dances from happening inside the city limits. It took another decade for the plena to gain widespread popularity throughout Puerto Rico and cross <a href="/wiki/Race_(human_classification)" class="mw-redirect" title="Race (human classification)">racial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Culture" title="Culture">cultural</a> boundaries. Listening to plena at home and at neighborhood- or municipal-sanctioned celebrations became acceptable and was no longer considered morally tainted by "respectable" white upper class <a href="/wiki/Ponce%C3%B1os" class="mw-redirect" title="Ponceños">Ponceños</a>. Eventually, with much whitewashing to make it more palatable to the masses, plena was embraced in earnest as a style of music that united Puerto Ricans. However, with the acceptance of the upper class, what began as a vitally important cultural identifier and personal expression of philosophy, community, and self to the lower class became an entertaining spectacle for the white upper class.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the 1930s, the plena was accessible to all through the <a href="/wiki/Radio" title="Radio">radio</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sound_recording_and_reproduction" title="Sound recording and reproduction">record</a> industries.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Genre">Genre</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Genre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plena music is generally folkloric in nature. The music's <a href="/wiki/Beat_(music)" title="Beat (music)">beat</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rhythm" title="Rhythm">rhythm</a> are usually played using hand drums called <a href="/wiki/Pandereta" class="mw-redirect" title="Pandereta">panderetas</a>, also known as <a href="/wiki/Pandereta_plenera" title="Pandereta plenera">panderos</a>. The music is accompanied by a scrape gourd, the <a href="/wiki/Guiro" class="mw-redirect" title="Guiro">guiro</a>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Panderetas&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Panderetas (page does not exist)">Panderetas</a> resemble <a href="/wiki/Tambourine" title="Tambourine">tambourines</a> but without the jingles. These are handheld drums with stretched animal skins, usually goat skin, covering a round wooden frame. Three different sizes of pandereta are used in plena: the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seguidor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seguidor (page does not exist)">Seguidor</a> (the largest of the three), the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Punteador&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Punteador (page does not exist)">Punteador</a> (the medium-sized drum), and the <a href="/wiki/Requinto" title="Requinto">requinto</a>. An advantage of this percussion arrangement is its portability, contributing to the plena's spontaneous appearance at social gatherings. Other instruments commonly heard in plena music are the <a href="/wiki/Cuatro_(instrument)" title="Cuatro (instrument)">cuatro</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maraca" title="Maraca">maracas</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Accordions" class="mw-redirect" title="Accordions">accordions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The fundamental melody of the plena, as in all regional Puerto Rican music, has a decided Spanish strain; it is marked in the resemblance between the plena <a href="/w/index.php?title=Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_(plena)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santa María (plena) (page does not exist)">Santa María</a> and a song composed in the Middle Ages by <a href="/wiki/Alfonso_the_Wise" class="mw-redirect" title="Alfonso the Wise">Alfonso the Wise</a>, King of <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. The lyrics of plena songs are usually octosyllabic and <a href="/wiki/Assonance" title="Assonance">assonant</a>. Following the universal custom the theme touches upon all phases of life—romance, politics, and current events. Generally, anything which appeals to the imagination of the people, such as the arrival of a personage, a crime, a bank moratorium, or a hurricane, can be the subject of plena music.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Spread">Spread</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Spread"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Plena is played throughout <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rico" title="Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> especially during special occasions such as the Christmas season, and as the musical backdrop for civic <a href="/wiki/Protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Protests">protests</a>, due to its traditional use as a vehicle for social commentary. When plena is played the audience often joins in the singing, clapping, and dancing. Plena is also enjoyed by the Puerto Rican diaspora outside of Puerto Rico. Pleneros de la 21, for example, traveled to Hawaii to perform for the Puerto Rican diaspora there which include descendants of <a href="/wiki/Puerto_Rican_immigration_to_Hawaii" title="Puerto Rican immigration to Hawaii">Puerto Ricans who immigrated to Hawaii</a> from Puerto Rico in the early 20th century.<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_Folkways_Recordings_2009_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian_Folkways_Recordings_2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composers">Composers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a folk genre, there have been many good composers, some well known in their day and into the present. Perhaps one of the genre's most celebrated composers and performers was <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Jim%C3%A9nez_(musician)" title="Manuel Jiménez (musician)">Manuel Jiménez</a>, known as 'El Canario'. Certainly, there were many others, including such greats as <a href="/wiki/Ramito" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramito">Ramito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ismael_Rivera" title="Ismael Rivera">Ismael Rivera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mon_Rivera" title="Mon Rivera">Mon Rivera</a> (the junior), and <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Cortijo" title="Rafael Cortijo">Rafael Cortijo</a>. In 2006, Tito Matos and <a href="/wiki/Los_Pleneros_de_la_21" title="Los Pleneros de la 21">Los Pleneros de la 21</a> received a Grammy nomination for their <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Para Todos Ustedes</i></span> plena songs recording.<sup id="cite_ref-Smithsonian_-_Tito_Matos_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Smithsonian_-_Tito_Matos-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The genre has had a revival recently, as evident by the emergence of many plena bands (such as <a href="/wiki/Plena_Libre" title="Plena Libre">Plena Libre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Viento_de_agua" class="mw-redirect" title="Viento de agua">Viento de agua</a> and others) and its use in various songs, such as <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Martin" title="Ricky Martin">Ricky Martin</a>'s recent song "<a href="/wiki/P%C3%A9gate" title="Pégate">Pégate</a>" and <a href="/wiki/Ivy_Queen" title="Ivy Queen">Ivy Queen</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Vamos_A_Celebrar" class="mw-redirect" title="Vamos A Celebrar">Vamos A Celebrar</a>".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>In 1953, Puerto Rican writer, <a href="/wiki/Luis_Pal%C3%A9s_Matos" title="Luis Palés Matos">Luis Palés Matos</a> wrote <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">Plena del Menéalo</i></span> urging the Puerto Rican woman to move it and ends the plena with the line <span title="Spanish-language text"><i lang="es">¡Para que rabie el Tio Sam</i></span> (to make "<a href="/wiki/Uncle_Sam" title="Uncle Sam">Uncle Sam</a>" angry).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1266661725">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/40px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/60px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg/120px-Flag_of_Puerto_Rico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Puerto_Rico" title="Portal:Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Puerto_Ricans" title="List of Puerto Ricans">List of Puerto Ricans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Puerto_Rico" title="Music of Puerto Rico">Music of Puerto Rico</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.metro.pr/entretener/todo-listo-en-ponce-para-recibir-a-cheo-feliciano/pGXndu!OFHZrImbwgHzI/"><i>Todo listo en Ponce para recibir a Cheo Feliciano.</i></a> Inter News Service. 20 April 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://welcome.topuertorico.org/culture/music.shtml">Welcome to Puerto Rico: Music</a> - 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 November</span> 2020</span> – via Issuu.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Revista+Instituto+de+Cultura+Puertorrique%C3%B1a+%231+octubre-diciembre+1958&rft.atitle=Plena+del+Men%C3%A9alo&rft.aulast=Pales+Matos&rft.aufirst=Luis&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fissuu.com%2Fcoleccionpuertorriquena%2Fdocs%2Frevista_icp__1_octubre-diciembre_1958&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3APlena" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Plena&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aparicio, Frances R., <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ogZgZ6h84eQC">"Listening to salsa: gender, Latin popular music, and Puerto Rican cultures"</a>, Wesleyan University Press, 1998. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8195-6308-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-8195-6308-8">978-0-8195-6308-8</a>. 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