Included in the characteristics of a Puerto Rican, in those lyrics are: A Puerto Rican has a dark skin tone, a clear forehead, a languid look, a pale countenance, a proportional nose, is of medium-size, a witty person, free, arrogant, with a restless mind is human, likeable, just and giving. Jiménez wrote "El Puertorriqueño" ( The Puerto Rican), a song that describes the Puerto Rican person. Upon his return, he entered the University of Puerto Rico and went on stage for the first time as part of the Grupo Taoné which had legendary musicians like Roy Brown, Antonio Cabán Vale "El Topo," Noel Hernández, Carlos Lozada, and the duo Pepe y Flora. Early on, his mother stirred an interest in singing, particularly by taking him to ceremonies where folk music, like the "seis chorreao" and "aguinaldos," was interpreted.Ī desire for a better career opportunities led him to emigrate to New York City where he was drafted into the army. His father, a tireless farmer, taught him to love the earth and the cultivated soil passionately. He is the fourth of fifteen children of Juan Jiménez and Felícita Hernández. Jiménez was born on July 3, 1947, in Gato, a barrio of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Andrés Jiménez Hernández, popularly known as "El Jíbaro" (born Jin Orocovis, Puerto Rico), is a composer and singer of traditional Puerto Rican folk music ( jíbaro music) and is that music genre's best known contemporary trovador (troubadour, i.e., singer) linked to the Neofolkloric movement of the Nueva Canción (New Song).
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