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Meia Lua Compasso
Student Oito Vidas practicing meia lua compasso with Professora Amazonas.
Mestre Zumbi in the Roda
Mestri Zumbi in the roda at the 2018 bautizado.
More Charango
Pepe Santana plays the charango
More Pan Flutes
More pan flutes from Pepe Santana's collection
More Pan Flutes 2
More pan flutes
Music of Capoeira
Professora Amazonas (Grupo Liberdade de Capoeira) and Instrutora Cuica (Capoeira Mandinga) demonstrate the berimbau and the agogô, transitioning from the music of capoeira to samba.
Music of Capoeria
The heartbeat of the music of capoeira revolves around the drums and the berimbau.
Not a Thing Has Changed
Pepe Santana poses just as he did for a book from the 90's about musicians in the United States. Pepe's mission to spread his traditional music with others has never changed. Thanks to him many know about Andean Music and its importance. He is an…
One Step at a Time
Professora Amazonas begins making cords for GLDC’s annual batizado at least four months before the event. It is a long and tedious process to make the cords, not only because they represent hard work, dedication, responsibility, and community through…
Oral History with José Gabriel Muñoz - Cuatrista
On October 20, 2019, Raíces Cultural Center had the honor of conducting an oral history interview with cuatrista José Gabriel Muñoz. Download a PDF of the full oral history interview transcript here: José Gabriel Muñoz Interview Transcript
Owl
Ramapough Lenape Member Own giving a presentation on the history of the Lenape lands and modern struggles of Indigenous and First Nations people to have sovereign control of their lands and protection of the environment.
Pan Flute and Drum
Pepe plays the pan flute and drum. Pepe calls the beating of the drum a "rythmic pattern" in which music can be added to create a song.
Pan Flutes
During his performance Pepe has his instruments on display. These are just a few of the many pan flutes in his collection. This instrument is a staple in Andean Music. Pepe sometimes plays two at a time.
Pan Flutes 3
Pan flutes 3
Pandeiro
A pandeiro is a hand-held frame drum used in the music of capoeira and other Brazilian musical genres such as samba, coco, chore and more.
Pandeiro
Pandeiro, a type of frame drum, is one of the instruments used in the batería of capoeira.
Panpipes
Pepe plays the Panipes, an Andean music staple instrument. What is most spectacular is that Pepe seamlessly plays two pipes at the same time. As you can tell by the audience's reactions they were impressed!
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
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
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
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
Parranda - Paranda Puertoriqueña and Garifuna
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
Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo
Raíces BOD chair Angela Lugo visiting a memorial statue of Patricio Rijos. The statue reads, "De los hijos del antiguo San Juan a Patricio Rijos 'Toribio' el rey del Guicharo."
Pepe and Francisco
Pepe and Francisco connected over the tradition of music and how important it is for a culture to take pride in and keep its music alive for themselves and future generations.