Send Flowers to Baní, Dominican Republic

Ask a Dominican about Baní and the answer is usually mangoes. The Banilejo mango ripens around June, when the town holds its mango fair, and the dry plain between the mountains and the Caribbean also produces onions, coffee from the hills and sea salt from the pans at Las Salinas. Baní is the capital of Peravia province, on the southern highway west of Santo Domingo, and the birthplace of Máximo Gómez, the general who led Cuba's independence army.

Banilejos have a reputation as hard-working shopkeepers, and many run colmados in the capital or bodegas in the United States. Those abroad often send flowers to Baní for Mother's Day and for the patron saint festivities of Nuestra Señora de Regla in November. Orders before 11:00 am local time, Monday to Saturday, are delivered the same day in town; outlying villages near the dunes of Las Calderas may need until the next day. There are no Sunday deliveries anywhere in the Dominican Republic.

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