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- Collection: Cultural Exchange - 5th Bomba Research Conference & Other PROPA Events
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"La Calma"
Mural on Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
"La Música es el Alma de los Pueblos"
Conga head on display at Amigolandia Sports Bar with saying "Music is the soul of the people."
5th Bomba Research Conference
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).
5th Bomba Research Conference - Day 1, Santurce
Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference on Day 1 during the neighborhood walking tour of Calle Calma in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Fundación Ismael Rivera
5th BRC participants visit Fundación Ismael Rivera, in the family home of Ismael Rivera.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Fundación Ismael Rivera
Participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference stopping for photos with Eugenia Ivelisse Rivera, director of the Fundación Ismael Rivera and sister of Ismael Rivera.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Melanie Maldonado
Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado on day 1 of the 5th Bomba Reserach Conference.
5th Bomba Research Conference - Panel de Testigos de la Bomba Antigua
"Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) being welcomed at the 5th Bomba Research Conference in Arroyo, Puerto Rico by conference founder…
5th Bomba Research Conference - Panel of Elders
5th Bomba Research Conference organizers and panelists from the "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua".
5th Bomba Research Conference - Panelist
Don Edwin Brenes, panelist from the "Panel de Testigos Oculares & Descendientes de la Bomba Antigua".
5th Bomba Research Conference Participants
Bomba Research Conference organizer Melanie Maldonado with a group of participants at the 5th BRC.
A Poem
Poet Nora Cruz recites a poem at the 5th Bomba Research Conference at the Renacimiento Theater in Arroyo.
Amigolandia
Raíces co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines with the Lizandro Artiles, owner of Amigolandia, a sports bar in Arroyo, Puerto Rico where the owner is as passionate about music as he is about sports.
Arroyo Waterfront
Inlet along the waterfront in Arroyo, Puerto Rico.
Arroyo, Puerto Rico
Mountains around Arroyo, Puerto Rico, seen from a street near the waterfront.
At the 5th BRC
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…
Bienvenidos
Banner welcoming visitors to the Fundación Ismael Rivera.
Bomba Dancer
Dancing before the drums at the backyard bombazo in Carolina, Puerto Rico on the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Bombazo at the 5th BRC
Backyard bombazo in Carolina, Puerto Rico on the first night of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Calle Calma Resident
A resident of Calle Calma who stopped to talk to participants of the 5th Bomba Research Conference.
Calle Ismael Rivera
Calle Ismael Rivera, also called Calle Calma, where the legenday singer and composer Ismael Rivera grew up.
Chair of Doña Margot
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/
Clothing of Bomba - "Enagua de Doña Luz"
Bomba Research Conference founder and organizer Melanie Maldonado exhibits some of the petticoats worn by Doña Luz María Rosada Villodas, a bombera from a historic family in Guayama, and talks about the older styles of dress worn in the period being…
Cuá
Drummer playing the cuá on the side of a barril de bomba.
Cultural Exchange: Fundación Ismael Rivera
Raíces co-founder and Archive Curator Nicole Wines with Eugenia Ivelisse Rivera, sister of Ismael Rivera and director of the Fundación Ismael Rivera.