A stone cairn, used as a guard line to delimit an estate
Guardarraya is the limit of an estate , the boundary of a sector of land that belongs to a family group. This is the meaning that the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy ( RAE ) recognizes for this feminine noun, according to its use in the Antilles .
Landmark, sign or cairn
A guardrail, in this framework, can be a milestone , a sign , or a cairn . In this way it marks the terms of a rural property or a farm .
The term inheritance , which we mentioned above, belongs to the Middle Ages and refers to a set of plots that comprise an agricultural holding , in which peasants worked. It was the family home, along with warehouses, granaries, farmland, orchards and corrals. Note that the people who worked this land were not always its owners.
With respect to the material objects that are used to make the guardraya, before we talked about milestones, signs or milestones. These three terms have almost the same meaning in reference to their use on land: it can be a stone post that indicates not only the boundary but also the distance or direction on delimiting paths, and they can also be used in borders or terms. of spaces that are not inheritances. The stone of these elements is usually carved.
Path between crops
A guardrail can also be a narrow path that runs between crops . These guardrails, in addition to functioning as a dividing line between different fields, enable the movement of vehicles, animals and individuals.
In other contexts, the notion of guardraya refers to a strip lacking vegetation in the middle of plains or savannahs . This area is created on purpose to prevent a possible fire from spreading uncontrollably. It can be said, then, that a guardrail is a control strip that provides protection to buildings and plantations located in the region.
Municipality of Patillas
Guardarraya , on the other hand, is the name of a neighborhood in the municipality of Patillas ( Puerto Rico ). Until 2010, and according to the official Census, it had about 1,600 inhabitants. Its surface covers 15.65 square kilometers, of which practically half is land and the other is water.
Returning to its population, in 2010 the density was 102.44 inhabitants per square kilometer. Regarding their ethnic division. The data produced by the census are as follows: whites, 64.69 percent; African Americans, 17.09 percent; Amerindians, 0.06 percent; other races, 12.73 percent; mixed race people, of at least two races, 4.12 percent. In turn, regardless of race, 99 percent were made up of Latino or Hispanic people.
A guardrail can also be a narrow path between cultivated land.
rock band
Guardarraya is also a rock band from Ecuador . The group was founded in Quito in 1999 and has released three studio albums: “Chistes y roces” , “Quitarán di áhi” and “Me Fui a Volver” .
Beyond rock, the band Guardarraya has been doing fusion work between different genres and styles since its origins, which include electronic rock, progressive rock, Ecuadorian folklore, Andean music and alternative rock, as well as features of other Latin American music. In the words of the members and founders themselves, they are dedicated to "visceral and urban music."
Until 2023, this group was still active, and had not suffered any separation; However, it did undergo restructuring in its early days, since its first project did not work as expected. The Guardarraya page on Facebook has more than 36,300 “Likes” . The group also has more than 37,000 monthly listeners on Spotify , according to data from the online platform itself.