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Red cabbage. They grew so well, we plan to plant them again in 2012, plant an even greater amount and ferment them for homemade sauerkraut.

Purslane is known as a weed, but is edible and nutritious. It is good raw, as in salads, as well as cooked.

Tomatoes on the vine.

Cucumber harvest.

Beans were planted all over both garden plots.

Snapdragon flower.

Baby beans in rows.

First fig fruits on our fig tree.

Bomba performance by the Raícitas Youth Program participants. Illustrates bomba dance, a conversation between the dancer and the drummer.

Summer harvest of carrots and green onion.

Harvest of tomatoes, carrots, beets and black beans

Shelling black beans.

Collage of sequences from the Raíces Cultural Center 2010 production “The Spirit of the Drum”. Depicts some of the rhythms, songs and movements of the orishas Elegua, Yemayá, Changó and Oyá as well as the traditions of batárumba, palo and carnival.

Workshop participants got to sample food and drinks made with herbs.

Newsletter excerpt about the Raíces Cultural Center Natural Arts workshop series on Herbal Healing

Workshop presenter Angela Lugo discusses the health benefits of a range of Caribbean cooking herbs that can be obtained in NJ where the workshop was held.

From the workshop “Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico”. Presenter, herbalist and healer Angela Lugo speaks about her experiences with healing and healers.

Angela Lugo presenting the workshop “Herbal Healing from the Island of Puerto Rico”

Culantro and anise stars, two cooking herbs used in Puerto Rico that can be found and used in NJ

West African Dance workshop leader Liana Conyers, teaching as part of the 2013 Cultural Legacy Festival workshop series.

Workshop leader Liana Conyers teaching and leading West African dances.

Workshop leader Liana Conyers led participants through a variety of West African dances including Lamba and griot dances.

Dance teacher Liana Conyers leading workshop participants at the Raíces Cultural Center Cultural Legacy Festival 2013 Workshop Series.

Workshop participant Vanessa Jones researching maps in preparation for creating her artwork.

Workshop participant Lauren Nixon mapping out her own cultural legacy through collage.