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Keeping the Tradition Alive
In teaching youth the fundamentals of bomba, from the drum to the dance to the songs, Segunda Quimbamba helps to keep the tradition alive and pass it along to future generations.
Kongo Haitian Roots
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center.
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center.
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center.
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center.
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center
Kongo Haitian Roots at Weeksville Heritage Center.
La Casita de Chema - Plena
Drummer Luis Pérez playing plena at La Casita de Chema in the Bronx.
La Casita de Chema - Plena
Drummer Luis Pérez demonstrating plena rhythms to his grandsons at La Casita de Chema in the Bronx.
Los Pleneros de la 21 at La Casita de Chema
José Rivera sings and plays pandero with Los Pleneros de la 2 at La Casita de Chema.
Oral History with José Gabriel Muñoz - Cuatrista
On October 20, 2019, Raíces Cultural Center had the honor of conducting an oral history interview with cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz. Download a PDF of the full oral history interview transcript here: José Gabriel Muñoz Interview Transcript
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached
Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo
Raíces BOD chair Angela Lugo visiting a memorial statue of Patricio Rijos. The statue reads, "De los hijos del antiguo San Juan a Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo."
Playing Cuatro
José Gabriel Muñoz gave the Raíces Digital Archive crew a short private concert after his oral history interview.
Playing Primo
In bomba, the lead drum and lead drummer mark the movements made by the dancer, called "piquetes" or "picoteos".
Playing the Baril de Bomba
Playing the "barril de bomba" with Segunda Quimbamba.
Plena
Playing plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Plenera
Plenera playing a pandero and singing a plena with Segunda Quimbamba.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.
Rueda De Oro at Bronx Music Heritage Center
Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.