each year in loiza, they have a festival featuring these characters. raul is legendary in the community for making the masks. in the spanish tradition, remember, it represents the moors. because the moors invaded spain for eight centuries. that was a time of war between them and they tried to get them out. okay. they didn t like them for two reasons. you usm and you reot our people. uh-huh. they use a grotesque mask and costume with wings because the spaniard had to represent the moors in a bad way for them. and here in loiza, they make all the masks for the vigilantes. the masks have a long history. back in spain in the 1500s, they had festivals celebrating the defeat of the black muslim moors by the white christian spanish. and the characters would represent the scary, dark