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Photo of altar constructed for "Songs for the Ancestors" video shoot.

Photo taken during "Songs for the Ancestors" video shoot.

Yvette Martínez dances bomba with Los Pleneros de la 21 at La Casita de Chema.

Raíces and One World Arts at Los Pleneros de la 21 perform at La Casita de Chema.

Nicole Wines at the recording session for the "Songs for the Ancestors" project.

Members of ¡Retumba! show their enaguas de bomba, or bomba slips, decorated with colorfol ribbons.

¡Retumba! taking a bow after an outdoor performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Audience members are invited and encouraged to participate and interact during ¡Retumba! performances.

Yvette Martínez reacts to the audience during an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Raíces Cultural Center's Francisco G. Gómez dances salsa with Yvette Martínez at a ¡Retumba! performance during an audience participation section of the show.

Yvette Martínez calling to audience members to participate during an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Yvette Martínez dancing a choreograped bomba at an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Yvette Martínez dancing bomba at an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Young audience members are invited and encouraged to participate and interact during ¡Retumba! performances.

Yvette Martínez playing maracas with a young audience member during a ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Dancing salsa during an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Yvette Martínez talks to the audience during an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Yvette Martínez singing during an outdoor ¡Retumba! performance presented by the Bronx Children's Museum.

Oral history interview with Yvette Martínez, by Nicole Wines for the Ancestral Herbal Narratives Oral History Collection. This interview was recorded online over a Zoom video call.

¡Retumba! performing a Plena Fusion. The Plena, a rhythm and dance from Puerto Rico, is fused with Flamenco and Samba, to demonstrate our similarities and our uniqueness.

Oral history interview with dancer and arts educator Yvette Martínez.

Oral history interview with drummer, musician and composer Nancy Friedman.

Yvette Martínez dances before the drums in this performance of bomba, a genre of folkloric music and dance from Puerto Rico.

Cover photo of ¡Retumba! performing “A Dream Come True” on a beach.

Outdoor Performance in Lancaster Pennsylvania performing music and dance from Puerto Rico for The Latin American Alliance.

¡Retumba! performances are both entertaining and educational. As seen in this photo, ¡Retumba! encourages people of all ages…