SAN JUAN, PR and MIAMI, FL and SILICON VALLEY, CA--(Marketwire - Dec 13, 2012) - A new social network dubbed "Parranda" -- the name of a popular Puerto Rican Christmas tradition -- is hoping to gather ...

In Puerto Rico, a beloved holiday tradition is the parranda. During the Christmas season, a group of your friends and family can show up at your front door at any time for an impromptu musical party.

Merely Torres-Garcia has been living in a hotel room in Hartford, Conn., with her husband and two kids after losing part of her house in Puerto Rico to Hurricane Maria. She said spending the Christmas ...

Among the many holiday traditions that will likely suffer in 2020 is the Puerto Rican parranda, a gathering of friends with musical instruments who move through a neighborhood singing traditional ...

Thousands of Puerto Ricans have moved to the U.S. mainland after Hurricane Maria. On Saturday, Hartford, Conn., welcomed some of its newcomers... 'We Feel Like Home': Displaced Puerto Ricans Celebrate ...

A musical group playing traditional Puerto Rican bomba music performs at a parranda in Hartford, Conn. Ryan Caron King for NPR Merely Torres-Garcia has been living in a hotel room in Hartford, Conn., ...