Lajas town readies for New York spotlight

The mayor of the southwest Puerto Rican town of Lajas — to which this year’s National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York is dedicated — stands proudly holding two huge pineapples.

Piñas cabezonas (big-headed pineapples) have been farmed in Lajas for over a century and will become a goodwill gift carried by Mayor Marcos (Turín) Irizarry Pagán and about 150 Lajeños going to the parade this week.

“The whole delegation has made a commitment to help us carry the 150 pineapples,” says Irizarry Pagán.”*

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