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Members of Grupo Senzala de Capoeira preparing to salute and being to "play" capoeira at the groups 2018 bautizado.

Mestri Zumbi in the roda at the 2018 bautizado.

Members of Grupo Senzala de Capoeira and invited guests playing berimbaus, pandeiro, heko-heko and singing in the batería at the group's 2018 bautizado.

Members of Grupo Senzala de Capoeira playing capoeira in a group at the 2018 bautizado.

José Rivera sings and plays pandero with Los Pleneros de la 2 at La Casita de Chema.

Drummer Luis Pérez playing plena at La Casita de Chema in the Bronx.

Drummer Luis Pérez demonstrating plena rhythms to his grandsons at La Casita de Chema in the Bronx.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

Bullerengue meets Bomba in a collaboration between Rueda de Oro and Alma Moyo, facilitated by Oxil Febles.

End jam session at the Bronx Music Center in the Melrose section of the Southwest Bronx. Holiday Celebration "Bronx Rising - Season 6 - December 2017 - Parranda con Paranda Strings Attached

Raícitas don’t just study the traditions of the Caribbean, they also share them with audiences in and around there community. These vejigantes are Raícitas student performers, sharing this cultural tradition from the Island of Puerto Rico with their…

Handmade and hand-painted paper-mache vejigante mask. There are two main types of vejigante masks found in Puerto Rico, those made from coconuts, more common to the Loíza area and those made of paper-mache, more common to Ponce and Mayaguez.

Performance by the Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble with Raícitas student performers. Sharing the tradition of Los Vejigantes de Puerto Rico with the students at the Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Brunswick. A vejigante is a clown-like…

The Raíces Cultural Center Ensemble shares the music, song, dance, history and cultural traditions of the Caribbean throughout our community and beyond. Raíces Ensemble members perform the traditions of plena and los vejigantes de puerto rico with…

Bomba, like many genres from the Caribbean traditions, is participatory. It is a community based tradition, with no defined roles of performer and audience. When the Raíces ensemble performs bomba, they always include members of the audience so…