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Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Orisha dance, Ochá step
Participants learned the basic rudiments of Orisha dance starting with the Ochá step.
Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Batá Demo
Raíces music director Francisco G. Gómez discussed the history and evolution of Afro-Cuban batá, and Raíces ensemble members demonstrated several rhythms before participants got up to dance.
Kennedy Center Cultural Exchange 2010-Bomba
Abdul (Uganda) and Nonie (India) adding their own flavors to the picoteos of bomba!
Hip Hop Ambassadors: Orisha
Participants in the cultural exchange workshop learned Cuban orisha movements and rhythms.
Hip Hop Ambassadors: Bomba
Bomba from Puerto Rico meets hop hop from India.
Hip Hop Ambassadors: Bomba
Dancing hip hop movements to the bomba drums, a conversation where each movement creates a response from the drum.
Hip Hop Ambassadors: Bomba
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.
Raíces Community - Linda Powell
Raíces program participant and long-term supporter Linda Powell taste testing a homemade fruit salad at the Common Ground workshop on salads and homemade salad dressing.
Common Ground Worksop Taste Testing
Common Ground program participants serving homemade salads made during the workshop and cooking demonstration for a post-workshop taste testing.
Common Ground Community
Raíces co-founders and co-Directors Francisco G. Gómez and Nicole Wines with the youngest program participant at the first Common Ground workshop held April 23, 2016, who attended specifically to learn how to make homemade vegan salads and salad…
Sephardic Storytelling
Local community member Hagit Mano presenting stories from the Jewish tradition.
Sephardic Storytelling
Local community member Hagit Mano presenting stories from the Jewish tradition.
Mapping Legacies
Workshop participant Lauren Nixon mapping out her own cultural legacy through collage.
Mapping Legacies
Workshop participant Vanessa Jones researching maps in preparation for creating her artwork.
Hip Hop Ambassadors: International Visitors
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Hip-Hop Ambassadors Cultural Exchange program stopped at Raíces Cultural Center on their tour of the Northeast.
Visitors came from Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, Burma and Pakistan
Visitors came from Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, Burma and Pakistan
Seed Saving Workshop Participants
Participants of a Raíces EcoCulture Seed Saving workshop checking out and identifying different varieties of bean seeds to take home after the workshop.
Selecting Seeds
Seed saving workshop participants selecting from a variety of seeds after the workshop to take home for growing out and saving.
Choosing Seeds to Save
Seed saving workshop participants selecting seeds to grow out and save in their home gardens.
Making Mini Seed Envelopes
Seed saving workshop participants making mini seed envelopes for use when seed saving.
Seed Selection
After attending seed saving workshops, participants are invited to swap seeds or select seeds to take home for planting and seed saving.
Seed Savers
Participants from the May 1, 2016 EcoCulture workshop on seed saving check out the display of seeds available to take home for growing and seed saving.
Seeds
Seeds on display for exchange and sharing during a community seed swap.
Seed Saving Presentation
Raíces core team member Nicole Wines presenting on seed saving at a community workshop in Rumson, New Jersey.
Seed Saving Workshop
Raíces Cultural Center display for a community seed saving workshop and seed swap.
West African Dance: Initiations
Dance teacher Liana Conyers leading workshop participants at the Raíces Cultural Center Cultural Legacy Festival 2013 Workshop Series.