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Brief description/definition of Orisha, or Forces of Nature from Nigeria and Cuba.

Describes the music of bomba and plena, two folkloric genres of music, song and dance from Puerto Rico associated with the vejigantes.

Describes the origins, characteristics and celebrations of the Puerto Rican folkloric tradition of "Los Vejigantes", a character associated with the music of bomba and plena.

Examples of choruses sung in bomba.

“Raíces” painted on the Raritan River Art Walk by Albus Cavus founder and artist Peter Krsko at the 2010 Spring Jam, a collaborative community event that fused a variety of forms of art, culture, education and community. The Raritan River Art Walk…

In 2010, Raíces rented its first physical location, at 100 Jersey Avenue in New Brunswick. The second floor of this space would go on to serve many purposes, as an office, a rehearsal and teaching space, supply storage during the heat of the summer,…

In 2010, Raíces rented its first physical location, transforming this empty warehouse space into a rehearsal, creative and artistic studio/office/program space.

Page 1 of the Raíces 2010 Newsletter. Article about the Hip Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange Program.

Raíces Cultural Center core team member Nicole Wines working on multiple devices with multiple hard drives worth of data on a Raíces Tech work day.

Raíces harddrives, computers and notebooks spread out during a strategy session.