Bomba Dancer
Afropuertorican
bomba
Bomba dancer, Nelissa Andrades, during a bombazo on the beach in San Juan.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Nelissa Andrades
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Raúl Ayala
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
Raúl Ayala, artisan and bombero, playing the barriles de bomba during the fiestas de Santiago Apostól.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Raúl Ayala
Francisco G. Gómez
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Bombazo in San Juan
Afropuertorican
bomba
Melissa Hernández Romero, attorney, dancing bomba in Old San Juan. In bomba, the dancer and the lead drummer hold a conversation through music and dance, with the lead drum (or primo) responding to the movements (piquetes or picoteos) of the dancer.
Nicole Wines
7-24-2009
Melissa Hernández Romero
Rubén J. Almador
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombero
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Unknown drummer on the beach at night in San Juan, Puerto Rico playing the barril “bomba drum”.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Caballero
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
bomba
music and dance
Citizen of Loíza Aldea dressed as a “caballero” on the day of Santiago apostol. The caballero is a popular character seen during the festival of Santiago apostal.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Church Puerto Coelli
Cultural Exchange
Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-29-2009
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San German, Puerto Rico
La Coca Waterfall
Cultural Exchange
Eco-Culture
El Yunque
Waterfall La Coca in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-28-2009
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El Yunque National Forest, Río Grande, Puerto Rico
El Yunque Bamboo
Cultural Exchange
Eco-Culture
El Yunque
Bamboo in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-28-2009
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Luquillo, Puerto Rico
Fiesta
Cultural Exchange
Puerto Rico
las fiestas de Santiago apostol
Man dressed in unknown costume during the festival of Santiago apostol.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-28-2009
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
COPI Headquarters
Cultural Exchange
Eco-Culture
Main headquarters of C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-28-2009
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Piñones, Puerto Rico
Art at COPI
Cultural Exchange
COPI
Visual Art
Eco-culture
Mural on a wall at C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-28-2009
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Piñones, Puerto Rico
Vejigante Masks
Cultural Exchange
COPI
Vejigantes
Eco-culture
Vejigante masks at C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-28-2009
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Piñones, Puerto Rico
COPI
Cultural Exchange
COPI
Francisco G. Gómez Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center at C.O.P.I. (Corporación Piñones se Integra.) C.O.P.I. is a 501 c 3 non profit organization founded by sociologist Maricruz Rivera Clemente.
Nicole Wines
7-28-2009
Francisco G. Gómez
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Piñones, Puerto Rico
Bombazo
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Obanilu Ire
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bombazo
Cultural Exchange
bomba
bombazo
Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Nellisa Andrades
Obanilu Ire
Beba Febo
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bomba in San Juan
Cultural Exchange
Bomba
Bombazo
From left to right Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines, Co-Directors of the Raíces Cultural Center and Obanilu Ire at a bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
Francisco G. Gómez
Obanilu Ire
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Barriles de bomba
Cultural Exchange
bomba
barriles
Barriles “bomba drums” on the beach at night in San Juan. Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bomba in Loíza
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
bomba
music and dance
Familia Ayala
From left to right, Raúl Ayala and Marcos Peñalosa Pica playing the barrilles (bomba drums) on the day of Santiago apostol in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico.
Nicole Wines
7-27-2009
Raúl Ayala
Marcos Peñalosa Pica
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Bomba in Loíza
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
bomba
music and dance
Familia Ayala
Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center dancing bomba at the Ayala family home on the day of Santiago apostol.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
Raúl Ayala
Nicole Wines
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Bomba Dance
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
bomba
music and dance
Unknown Santero (a person who practices the Yorùbá belief system of Ocha) Ocha is a belief system from Nigeria in West Africa. Its practitioners believe in the forces of nature like the ocean, rivers, lightning and thunder, wind, vegetation and others. They have avatars that represent these forces.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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Loíza Aldea
Raúl Ayala and Jesus Cepeda
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
Raúl Ayala and Jesus Cepeda playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-26-2009
Raúl Ayala
Jesus Cepeda
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Familia Ayala
Cultural Exchange
Fiesta de Santiago apostol
Familia Ayala
In center, Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center. From left to right unknown drummer, Raúl Ayala, Marcos Ayala Lind and Marcos Peñalosa Pica playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
Nicole Wines
Raúl Ayala
Marcos Ayala Lind
Marcos Peñalosa Pica
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Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico
Papo Del Valle, bomba drum maker
Cultural Exchange
handcraft
bomba drum
barriles de bomba
Nicole Wines, Co-Director of the Raíces Cultural Center with Papo Del Valle drum maker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
Papo Del Valle
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Carolina, Puerto Rico
Papo Del Valle, bomba drum maker
Cultural Exchange
handcraft
bomba drum
barriles de bomba
Papo Del Valle, drum maker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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Carolina, Puerto Rico
Papo Del Valle, bomba drum maker
Cultural Exchange
handcraft
bomba drum
barriles de bomba
Papo Del Valle, drum maker from Carolina, Puerto Rico.
Raíces Cultural Center's barriles de bomba were handcrafted by Papo Del Valle and shipped to NJ in 2008.
Francisco G. Gómez
7-27-2009
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Carolina, Puerto Rico