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Dancing Before the Drum
Bomba dancer dancing before the drum.
Dancing Before the Drum
Don Miguel Flores Lopez and Melanie Maldonado dancing before the drum in the plaza of Juncos, Puerto Rico at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Dancing Before the Drum - Don Miguel Flores Lopez
Don Miguel Flores Lopez was a bomba dancer from Guayama, and was the last dancer to preserve and share the old style bomba dance from his town, having danced bomba for over 75 years.
Directora
Directing a bomba number using hand signals and song.
Don Miguel Flores Lopez & Melanie Maldonado
Don Miguel Flores Lopez & Melanie Maldonado dancing old style bomba dance from Guayama, Puerto Rico.
Drummer - 5th Encuentro de Tambores
Young drummer playing the barril de bomba in the summer heat of Juncos, Puerto Rico at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Drummers
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, completely surrounded by crowds and cameras.
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano, a member of the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Learning the Cuá
A member of the group representing Aguada in the 5th Encuentro de Tambores takes time to teach Raíces co-founder and ensemble member Nicole Wines the pattern he plays to accompany the bomba strains. Each town and group has their own variations of…
Melanie Maldonado
Melanie Maldonado dancing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Bomba.
Old Style Guayama Dance
Don Miguel Flores Lopez, a bomba dancer of over 75 years at the time of this photograph.
Passing Down Traditions
Children are encouraged to participate in bombazos from a young age, from the drum to the dance to the song. This child is playing the cuá which accompanies the barriles de bomba in the rhythms.
Picoteos
Bomba dancer execuing picoteos, or piquetes, before the lead drum. The motion of the skirts add to the grace, style and movement of the bomba dance.
Piquetes
Piquetes, or picoteos, are movements made by the bomba dancer before the drum. These movements challenge the drummer who must respond to the piquetes with the sounds of the drum, matching the pattern being played to the movements made by the dancer.
Playing Cuá
Drummer playing cuá with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing Primo
Drummer playing the primo, or lead drum, which interprets the moves of the dancer in sound.
Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Que Bonita Bandera
Even outside of the bombazo circle, participants at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores were inspired to dance, sing and celebrate their cultural traditions and heritage.
Singers
Singers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Singing Bomba
Jariksa Valle Feliciano sings the lead while playing maraca at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Singing Bomba
Singers in the delegation from Guayama at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Vejigante in Juncos
Performing the tradition of "los vejigantes de Puerto Rico" with the delegation from Loíza at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.