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  • Collection: Cultural Exchange - Puerto Rico 2009

Jesus Cepeda playing the “primo” lead drum of the bomba ensemble at the Ayala family home in Loíza Aldea on the day of Santiago apostol.

Raúl Ayala and Jesus Cepeda playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Raúl Ayala, Jesus Cepeda and unknown drummer playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.

Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba at the Ayala family home in Loíza Aldea on the day of Santiago apostol.

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.

Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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.

Bamboo in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.

Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.

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.

Raúl Ayala, artisan and bombero, playing the barriles de bomba during the fiestas de Santiago Apostól.

Bomba dancer, Nelissa Andrades, during a bombazo on the beach in San Juan.
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