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  • Collection: Cultural Exchange - 5th Bomba Research Conference & Other PROPA Events

Raíces Cultural Center director Francisco G. Gómez with Doña Ana Rodríguez, a panelist from the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century).

Conference attendee and supporter Kelly Archbold with Doña Ana Rodríguez, one of the panelists from the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th…

Attendees of the 5th BRC visited the ruins of La Henriqueta, thanks to the generous donation of a bus by the municipality of Arroyo. According to PROPA director Melanie Maldonado, "PROPA’s BRC first utilized these southern ruins in 2013 to create an…

Attendees of the 5th BRC on the trolley provided by the Centro Cultural de Arroyo to tour the historic site of the Lind family plantation, "La Henriqueta".

This land is where the former enslaver Eduardo Lind lived. It was once a sugar plantation called "La Henriqueta". This property was visited by the attendees of the 5th Bomba Research Conference as "an opportunity for site-specific learning where…

Ruins of the house of the enslaver at "La Henriqueta" in Arroyo, Puerto Rico. The ruins were still visible during the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013, but post-Hurricane María, the land is completely overgrown and the ruins have been reclaimed…

Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on a historic site tour at the grounds of La Henriqueta.

The land where the former Lind family sugarcane plantation stood in Arroyo, Puerto Rico is now property of the electric company and there is no on-site indication of its historic significance. If not for events and programs like the 5th Bomba…

Ruins of the house at La Henriqueta, the site of the former Lind family sugarcane plantation in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.

Raíces Cultural Center co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines at Calle Ismael Rivera (a.k.a. "Calle Calma") on day 1 of the 5th Bomba Research Conference in 2013.

Calle Ismael Rivera, also called Calle Calma, where the legenday singer and composer Ismael Rivera grew up.

Raíces Cultural Center co-founder and Director Francisco G. Gómez taking notes at the 5th Bomba Research Conference neighborhood tour of Calle Calma.

Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on Day 1 during the neighborhood walking tour of Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico.

Jorge Emmanuelli Náter shows the site of a future mural on Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where a mural dediacated to Ismael Rivera, had been vandalized earlier in the year.

A sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor", seen on the Calle Calma neighborhood tour on Day 1 of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

Close up of a sculpture in progress depicting the legendary Puerto Rican singer and composer Ismael Rivera also known as "Maelo" and "el sonero mayor"

A resident of Calle Calma who stopped to talk to participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

Mural seen on Calle Calma neighborhood walking tour of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.

Chair of Doña Margot, full name Margarita Rivera García, on display at Fundación Ismael Rivera. Doña Margot was the mother of Ismael Rivera. A full biography of Doña Margot is available in spanish at: https://prpop.org/biografias/dona-margot/
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