
To read more about the carnival characters and to see some pictures of carnaval (we have some pictures of carnival in Moca in our collection also). The swollen-faced carnival personality from Moca, El Jinchaíto, participating in Carnaval in Santo Domingo. Today the famous Carnival Character from Moca is the swollen faced “El Jinchaíto”. The Mocanos still hear ‘‘¡Llegó un Jinchaíto de Moca!’’ / “There goes a Jinchaito from Moca!” coming from the babbling waters of the arroyos as they flow past.

Casa En Venta Con 833.92mt De Solar Y 196mt De Construccin Con Sistema De Cmaras, Amplio Jardn, Quiosco, Cerca Eltrica Y Sensores. This name, Jinchaíto, is still used today. Ubicada Por El Jardn Botnico De Santiago. When these swollen people left Moca and went to town the people called them `the jinchaítos of Juan Lopez”. Compara 30 opciones de alojamiento en Moca entre las ofertas de Vrbo, y otros sitios web locales de Moca. The Mocanos (The name was given to the inhabitants of the Moca area) who used this contaminated water started to have a swollen (in Spanish the word is hinchadas) appearance. Carretera Mon Caceres 1, Santiago De Los Treinta Caballeros, Santiago. The thirsty people living in Moca had no other place where they could get their water so they had no choice but to use this nasty water. These small reservoirs of water soon became contaminated. The only water left in the area where large “puddles” of water. Along came a drought and the stream dried up almost completely. The town of Moca is approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes from the capital.

The families living here used the water from the stream Juan Lopez for their water supply.

The Town of Moca has a legend: “¡Llegó un Jinchaíto de moca!”Īccording to legend families living in the Moca area in the early 20th century were people of white color with straight hair, blue eyes and a little plump.
