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In Havana, there is no specified time or place for music, it is simply part of everyday life, from morning to night. On his cultural exchange trip to Cuba, NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg experienced this, as pictured here by his spontaneous dance…

NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg posing with congas in Cuba, one of the most common instruments played in Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music. These drums are handmade and maintained with care as resources are scarce.

NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg on a cultural arts exchange designed to make connections between NJ based artists active in the preservation of Caribbean cultural arts and traditions and individuals practicing those traditions in the Caribbean. …

Dean Warren Schomburg posing with statue of Ernest Hemingway in "el Floridita" in Havana, Cuba. "El Floridita" was a well known hangout of Hemingway.

NJ musician Dean Warren Schomburg on a cultural arts exchange trip in Havana, Cuba.

Raíces Cultural Center ensemble member Dean Warren Schomburg preparing to perform and share the history and evolution of traditional Puerto Rican and Cuban music and dance traditions with Rutgers University students at the Center for Latino Arts and…

Raíces Caribeñas, the predecessor to the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble, performing giving an educational concert as part of the 2nd Reformed Church of New Brunswick’s Lunchtime Recital Series. Dean Warren Schomburg played both flute and percussion…

Dean Warren Schomburg playing music with other NJ based folkloric Caribbean musicians

NJ musicians from Raíces Caribeñas preparing to perform at the Streets2k5 festival in downtown New Brunswick, NJ. Raíces Caribeñas played Afro-Caribbean and hip-hop fusion music at this festival celebrating and highlighting public art.

Raíces Caribeñas, the predecessor to the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble, performing as part the Streets 2k5 community and public arts festival. Raíces Caribeñas was invited to participate as part of the attempt to integrate cultural arts and…

Iglesia (Church) de la Virgen de Regla. Statues and Altars of the different saints worshipped in the church. Dino sits in pew facing camera.