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Culture of Utuado


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Baseball), Diamilette Quiles (Softball), Giovanni Gonz�lez (Table Tennis), Luis Collazo (Marathon) and sisters Paola and Fabiola �lvarez (both Pneumatic Shooting).

Festivals and events

�    Festival Nacional Del BBQ en Utuado - Originated by locals Samuel Kanig and Ramon G. Garcia, it is a one-day barbecue festival held on early January. People come show out their own creatively-built, unique and sometimes funny barbecue.

�    Bicicletada De La Amistad Juan Domingo Reyes Negr�n - An annual bike day celebrated on a Friday usually around the week of Valentine's Day since 2001. Celebrated in memory of Juan Domingo Reyes Negr�n, a local boy who died in a truck impact while in his bicycle in 2000, the idea was originated by the First Lady, Ivelisse Reyes, and has been sponsored by the Municipal Government of Utuado and the Municipal Office of Recreation and Sports. On February 17, 2010 a Municipal employee lost his life in an accident in the Arecibo Waste Dump, therefore the Municipal Government postponed the bike day from February 19, 2010 to March 5, 2010. On this date, the starting point was moved from the Ram�n Caba�as Baseball Stadium to the Utuado campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The 2011 edition's starting point was moved to the end of the under-construction PR-10, near the Utuado campus of the University of Puerto Rico. The 2012 starting point was the Ram�n Caba�as Baseball Stadium, once again. On the 2012 edition of the bike day, the First Lady, asked the next mayor elected to continue this family activity for years to come and generations to enjoy as her husband will step down as mayor this year.

�    Barrio Angeles Fiesta - April

�    Festival Tierra Adentro - Hosted annually by the Agricultural Technology department of the University of Puerto Rico at Utuado, featuring arts and crafts by local artisans, cultural music, food and plant and animal
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