Cultural Exchange - 5th Bomba Research Conference

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Subject

Puerto Rico
Folk Music--Puerto Rico
Bomba (Dance)
Historic Sites--Puerto Rico

Description

Collection of photographs from the 5th Bomba Research Conference hosted by Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA) August 30 and 31, 2013 in Carolina, San Juan and Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

Creator

Nicole Wines

Contributor

Melanie Maldonado

Rights

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Coverage

Carolina, Puerto Rico
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Arroyo, Puerto Rico

Collection Items

Mayoral Proclamation

In 2015, the town of Arroyo welcomed the 5th Bomba Research Conference with open arms. In this photo, the mayor of Arroyo presents a mayoral proclamation to Melanie Maldonado and the Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA) at the…

Nora Cruz - Poet

Poet Nora Cruz reciting a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo. Nora shared poetry from her book Verso y Tambó. Nora Cruz also works in the sharing and preservation of folkloric culture, having founded an…

A Poem

Poet Nora Cruz recites a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.

Nora Cruz

Poet Nora Cruz from Guayama, Puerto Rico, sharing her poetry at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.

Clothing of Bomba - "Enagua de Doña Luz"

Bomba Research Conference founder and organizer Melanie Maldonado exhibits some of the petticoats worn by Doña Luz María Rosada Villodas, a bombera from a historic family in Guayama, and talks about the older styles of dress worn in the period being…

Historic Clothing

Melanie Maldonado shares research on historic clothing and exhibits the petticoats (or enaguas) of Doña Luz María Rosado Villodas, a bombera from a historic family in Guayama. Melanie spoke about the most important objects worn by women who danced…

Historic Bomba Clothes

Displaying petticoats (or enaguas), one of the most important components of dress of the women who danced bomba in the early to mid 1900's.

Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua

Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua/Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century.

5th Bomba Research Conference - Panel de Testigos de la Bomba Antigua

"Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) being welcomed at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo, Puerto Rico by conference founder…

Doña Ana Rodríguez

Doña Ana Rodríguez speaks in the panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba, or "bomba antigua".

Panel of Eyewitnesses and Descendants

Doña Marta Amaro Navarro speaking as part of the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo,…

Panel de Testigos y Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua

Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20h century speaking at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

Panel of Eyewitnesses and Descendants of Historic Bomba

The "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua" featured elders from the communities of Arroyo and Guayama who witnessed or or had ancestors who participated in the bomba of the early 20th century. Panelists shared their stories…

Melanie Maldonado

5th Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado moderating the "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua" in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

Sharing Stories, Sharing History

Panelists in the discussion about witnessing historic bomba of the early 20th century shared their stories and experiences, some passed down from their own ancestors with the participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

Living History - Panel of Elders

The speakers in the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) that participated in the 5th Bomba Research Conference ranged in age from 78 -…

Honoring the Elders

5th Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado highlights the importance of sharing the stories of the elders in the community, as they are the ones with the closest experience to historical forms and practices of bomba and other folkloric…