During the third week of July, the people of Loiza, Puerto Rico celebrate the Feast of St. James the Apostle with one of the island’s most colorful Carnivals. Brightly-colored coconut masks, part of the Carnival’s Vejigante de Loiza costume, are an important feature of the festivities. The mask makers of Loiza focus on four main types of mask: “los vejigantes,” representing the Moors; “los viejos,” elders; “las locas,” madwomen; and “el caballero,” representing the Spaniards. Carved from dried coconut husks, Raul has made these masks for over forty years, carrying on a tradition learned from his father, Don Castor Ayala, founder of the Ballet Folklórico Hermanos Ayala.