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Mural in Vieques
Mural in Vieques, Puerto Rico.
Melanie Maldonado - Lugares Históricos
Melanie Maldonado, founder of the Puerto Rican Organization for the Performing Arts (PROPA), speaking at her November 9, 2019 Lugares Históricos event held in Washington, D.C.
Seed Donations
Seeds and other sustainable disaster relief donations given to friend of Raíces Jariksa Valle Feliciano.
Living History - Panel of Elders
The speakers in the "Panel de testigos oculares y descendientes de la bomba antigua" (Panel of eyewitnesses and descendants of historic bomba from the early 20th century) that participated in the 5th Bomba Research Conference ranged in age from 78 -…
Vejigante Dancing Bomba
Black and white photo of vejigante dancing bomba at the Ayala family home on the day of Santiago apostol.
Vejigante Dancing Bomba
Color photo of vejigante dancing bomba at the Ayala family home on the day of Santiago apostol.
Modesto Cepeda
Modesto Cepeda playing the maraca at the Ayala family home in Loíza Aldea on the day of Santiago apostol.
Ama Rios
Ama Rios playing the “primo” lead drum of the bomba ensemble at the Ayala family home in Loíza Aldea on the day of Santiago apostol.
Jesus Cepeda
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
Raúl Ayala and Jesus Cepeda playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.
Bomba drummers
Raúl Ayala, Jesus Cepeda and unknown drummer playing the barrilles (bomba drums) in Loíza Aldea, Puerto Rico on the day of Santiago apostol.
Bomba Dance
Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba at the Ayala family home in Loíza Aldea on the day of Santiago apostol.
Bomba in Loíza
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.
Bombazo
Nellisa Andrades dancing bomba on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo
Bombazo on a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
COPI
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.
El Yunque Bamboo
Bamboo in El Yunque National Rain Forest Luquillo, Puerto Rico.
Church Puerto Coelli
Church Puerto Coelli in San German, Puerto Rico.
Bombazo in San Juan
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
Raúl Ayala, artisan and bombero, playing the barriles de bomba during the fiestas de Santiago Apostól.
Bomba Dancer
Bomba dancer, Nelissa Andrades, during a bombazo on the beach in San Juan.
Unripe Coffee Beans
Unripe coffee beans growing at Plenitud Eco Farm in Las Marías, Puerto Rico. The mountains of Puerto Rico allow for perfect conditions for coffee growing. At Plenitud, farmers grow hundreds of other crops among their coffee plants instead of having a…
Coffee Plant
Coffee beans ripening.
Walking the Land at Plenitud PR
On a walking tour of the farm at Plenitud PR with co-founder Paula Paoli Garrido and then intern Jariksa Valle Feliciano.
Retaining Pond
This retaining pond is part of a larger water management system at Plenitud.