Humboldt Park’s Puerto Rico Town renamed ‘Barrio Borikén’

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Humboldt Park’s Puerto Rico Town renamed ‘Barrio Borikén’

CHICAGO — A celebration got underway in Humboldt Park on Saturday as a section of the neighborhood was renamed. The area formerly known as 'Puerto Rico Town' will now be known as Barrio Borikén, to better reflect the people of the community. Among the celebrations was a Taíno Areyto, a visual, colorful ceremonial dance of the Taíno, the Indigenous people of Puerto Rico, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti/Dominican Republic, and the Bahamas. “So what we are tr…