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Bomba Dancer
Bomba dancer executing picoteos, or piquetes, before the primo, or lead drum. The drum responds to each of these movements with sound. This exchange between dancer and drummer is one of the defining characteristics of bomba.
Dancing Before the Drum
Bomba dancer dancing before the drum.
Directora
Directing a bomba number using hand signals and song.
Bombazo
Bomba singers, dancers and drummers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomba drummer
Bomba drummer at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomberos
Playing the bomba drums at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, surrounded by hundreds of participants in the town plaza in Juncos.
Piquetes
Piquetes, or picoteos, are movements made by the bomba dancer before the drum. These movements challenge the drummer who must respond to the piquetes with the sounds of the drum, matching the pattern being played to the movements made by the dancer.
Baila Bomba
Bomba dancer at 5th Encuentro de Tambores dancing before the drum.
Playing Primo
Drummer playing the primo, or lead drum, which interprets the moves of the dancer in sound.
Playing Cuá
Drummer playing cuá with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Drummers
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores, completely surrounded by crowds and cameras.
Coro
Singers in the group representing Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores singing the coro, or chorus, of the song being performed.
5th Encuentro de Tambores
Drummers and audience at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomba drums
Bomba drummers playing with the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Singers
Singers representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.
Bomberos from Aguada
Singers and lead drummers of the bomba group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico posing for a photograph before they begin to play.
Learning the Cuá
A member of the group representing Aguada in the 5th Encuentro de Tambores takes time to teach Raíces co-founder and ensemble member Nicole Wines the pattern he plays to accompany the bomba strains. Each town and group has their own variations of…
Cuá
The cuá is an instrument that accompanies the barriles de bomba. The cuá is actually the sticks used to play on either a barrel or chunk of bamboo and helps keep the basic rhythm of the bomba strains.
Jariksa Valle Feliciano
Jariksa Valle Feliciano, a member of the group representing the town of Aguada at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberos
Drummers playing bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Playing the Barriles
Playing the barriles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores.
Bomberas
Group of women playing barilles de bomba at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Puerto Rico. Drumming is often associated with male musicians, especially on a performance basis, but this is changing in modern society, as seen at this "Meeting of the…
Artisans
Artisans selling hand crafted vejigante masks at the 5th Encuentro de Tambores in Juncos, Puerto Rico.